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what is the definition of a family system?

A group of interrelated people, plus the way they function together

what is the best way to approach helping individuals?

To see them in context, as a part of a larger system

What is the focus of FST?

the relationships among individuals who are members of the system

Influences on one part of the system will...

affect other parts

moving one member of a family in any way will...

create movement in other parts of the system

most families present with an individual who has been labeled as the

identified patient

systems can be _________ or _________

open or closed

what is an open system?

those systems in which the parts are interactive and information flowers into and out of the system easily

What is a closed system?

don't allow information in or out, and this impermeability leads to rigidity and thus the inability to change and adjust with the environment

what is homeostasis from a systems perspective?

systems tend to self-regulate, and therefore resist change