Abstract

VIVEROS CHAVARRIA, Edison Francisco; LONDONO BERNAL, Laura Victoria  and  RAMIREZ NIETO, Luz Ángela. Communication in families that accompany to patiens in the Psychiatry Clinic "Nuestra Señora del Sagrado Corazón" (Medellín-Colombia). Psicol. caribe [online]. 2017, vol.34, n.1, pp.28-48. ISSN 0123-417X.

The aim of this study was to understand the communication in families of patients participating in group interventions in a Psychiatric Clinic of Medellin (Colombia). This was a qualitative research, and we carried it out according to the family communication construct. Results suggest that communication in family support towards patients have three dimensions: "Communicational paradox", "Other communication alternatives" and "Narrative times about mental illness". We concluded that the symptoms presented by the patient involve the family as a system and these were subjective constructions.

Keywords : Family Communication; Intervention in Psychiatry; Family Intervention; Family relationship; Family; Family dynamics.

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