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Disappeared: semantic and somatic effects of political repression in a family seeking therapy
1Department of Psychiatry, Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MA 01201.
Family Process
|June 1, 1990
Abstract:
The admission interview and a brief course of therapy with a family of six living in a repressive political context is presented. The context is described, the initial interview detailed, and seven sessions summarized. This is followed by a discussion of the effects of the political climate on the family's language, social adaptation, and health, and of the goals of therapy with families of disappeared people (desaparecidos).