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FAMILY AND SUBSTANCE USE
Family and Substance Use Disorders
Thomas J. McCarthy
Grand Canyon University: PCN-535
May 3, 2017
Family and Substance Use Disorders
Dr. Murray Bowen say that a family is part of a system in which each family member has not only a role to play but also must respect the rules designed for those roles. (Family Systems Therapy, 2016) Relationships in the family have agreements as to how each role responds to each other in this family system. Behaviors displayed by each role causes how each member may determine predictable or unpredictable ways the other behaves. These patterns of behavior can cause a balance in the …show more content…
There are many ways, depending on that culture. But, here in the United States, we are unique because we are a mixture of different cultures; some who assimilate and some who don’t. But, to give examples of the variation, we can start with the European American culture. They live by a nuclear family standard where the parents rule the roost until the adolescents become young adults themselves and take on their own responsibilities. The parents are the ones who, until that time, make the health-care decisions for the child. This is different from other cultures that follow an extended family model. This takes on a conglomerate of family members consisting of the parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, etc. In the American Indian, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, and Asian cultures, they rely heavily on the extended family; where many of them are involved, including some unrelated to the patient (such as Godparents), in the healthcare decisions. In American Indian families, the elderly, medicine men and women, the tribal chiefs are sought out to be consulted before a healthcare decision is
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FAMILY AND SUBSTANCE USE
Family and Substance Use Disorders
Thomas J. McCarthy
Grand Canyon University: PCN-535
May 3, 2017
Family and Substance Use Disorders
Dr. Murray Bowen say that a family is part of a system in which each family member has not only a role to play but also must respect the rules designed for those roles. (Family Systems Therapy, 2016) Relationships in the family have agreements as to how each role responds to each other in this family system. Behaviors displayed by each role causes how each member may determine predictable or unpredictable ways the other behaves. These patterns of behavior can cause a balance in the …show more content…
There are many ways, depending on that culture. But, here in the United States, we are unique because we are a mixture of different cultures; some who assimilate and some who don’t. But, to give examples of the variation, we can start with the European American culture. They live by a nuclear family standard where the parents rule the roost until the adolescents become young adults themselves and take on their own responsibilities. The parents are the ones who, until that time, make the health-care decisions for the child. This is different from other cultures that follow an extended family model. This takes on a conglomerate of family members consisting of the parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, etc. In the American Indian, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, and Asian cultures, they rely heavily on the extended family; where many of them are involved, including some unrelated to the patient (such as Godparents), in the healthcare decisions. In American Indian families, the elderly, medicine men and women, the tribal chiefs are sought out to be consulted before a healthcare decision is