Development and practical application of multi-family therapy
10.3760/cma.j.cn371468-20250528-00243
- VernacularTitle:多家庭治疗的发展及实践应用
- Author:
Jiayi ZHOU
1
;
Shiyi CHEN
;
Yuhong YAO
Author Information
1. 同济大学人文学院，上海 200092
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Multi-family therapy;
Family therapy;
Psychiatric consulting
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2025;34(10):942-948
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Multi-family therapy (MFT), as an extension of traditional family therapy, refers to a treatment method in which family members from multiple families participate at the same time. Although its application in severe mental disorders such as schizophrenia is mature, its potential in a wider field and its localization pathway need to be systematically discussed. This paper aims to summarize the development, treatment settings and requirements of the early classic model of MFT, analyze its core mechanism, focus on summarizing the emerging application model variants and effectiveness of MFT in medical care (schizophrenia, eating disorders), school education (refusing to intervene in school) and social work (treating ADHD children, traumatized families, etc.), and comprehensively explore the research methods of effect evaluation.However, there are still some limitations in the current researches, such as lax evaluation, unclear specific action pathway, family vulnerability and lack of cross-cultural adaptability research. Finally, the future development direction is prospected to provide reference for promoting the application practice of MFT.
