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SCH04 SCHIZOPHRENIA: “Living with a Schizophrenic Child: What Therapists Need to Know” (inactive)
The purpose of this module is to introduce what life is about living with a schizophrenic child. 
Course Objective

After listening to and/or reading this interview, participants should be able to:

  • Appreciate that therapists can be most helpful to families coming for help with a troubled child by first acknowledging that the whole family is stressed by the situation.
  • Recognize that situation of families of schizophrenic patients is one of constant in crisis.
  • Understand that the therapist's responsibility to families coming for help with a troubled child is primarily to provide resources to help with the families' practical problems.
  • Appreciate the changing needs of families over the course of their schizophrenic child's life.
  • Appreciate that the parents' grieving process about a mentally ill child's prospects in life occurs in every stage of the child's life.

Intended Audience
Nurses, Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Addiction Therapists 
Author Bio
Karen Mellow, J.D. Retired Administrative Law Judge who advocates for families of schizophrenic children. 
Certificates
ASWB ASWB
NBCC NBCC

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