family studies

1. any deviation from normal functioning that is considered indicative of physical or mental pathology.
4. psychologist who estimated the relapse rate of individuals who were in family therapy
7. the name given to a range of interventions aimed at the family of someone with schizophrenia
9. designed to help individuals cope with a serious illness or to alleviate distress in whole communities
10. helping the person and their carers to understand and be better able to deal with the illness

2. a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behaviour, leading to faulty perception
3. key study researcher of the effectiveness of family intervention
5. a study in which people are randomly allocated to two groups to test a specific drug or treatment
6. a deterioration in someone's state of health after a temporary improvement.
8. a severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality.