Family problems in child psychiatry


Family issues in child
psychiatry practice
Dr Omar Almodayfer
MD, FRCPC, ABAPDiplomat
Head of Mental Health
Director of Family Therapy Program
KAMC-C
modayfero@ngha.med.sa
objectives
To highlight the relationship between family
issues and child psychiatry cases.
To present real cases with such issues from
the Saudi culture.
To list some of the good questions which can
help in such cases.
To list some office based strategies to help in
such cases.
In every child mental
health issue there is a
family issue
Which is which?
Child can cause a
problem
A family can cause a problem
Also both react to
each other
Maintenance of symptoms can
be dual
Case
9 years old girl with moderate anxiety
disorder.
Marital life issue.
Risk of divorce.
Excessive abuse by father.
So
Marital conflict can cause anxiety
and also depression in children
Case
9 yrs old.
ADHD symptoms.
Mother has cancer treated 2 yrs ago.
So
Mother illness can cause anxiety
in children and significant
behavioral problems
Case
12 yrs old girl.
Ideal child.
Developed eating disorder symptoms.
So
Ideal child is imposed by the
family causing difficulties for
children
Case
13 yrs old boy.
Obese.
Has decline in school performance and eats
alooooooooot.
So
Pathologizing a child cause him
to have a pathology
Questioning
Take good family history.
Do not relate the symptoms to family issues
directly.
Ask indirect questions.
Parenting style.
Open question:
Tell me about ur self.
Who fights the most?
Who talk the most?
Interventions
Mother time off.
Enabling parents to see the problem
differently: redefining.
Father  child shared time.
Mother  child shared time.
Endless advices.


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