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	dysfunctional families
		A dysfunctional family is one in which the relationships between the parents and children are strained and unnatural.
		While the family is afforded survival by the Enabler's responsibility, the Enabler may pay the cost of stress-related illness, and never have his or her own needs met, in effect, being a martyr for the family.
		In families where there is insanity or serious illness of a parent, the child's emotional boundaries are infringed upon, and the child may be forced into the role of surrogate spouse for the other parent, or required to act as the ill parent's caretaker.
	www.mudrashram.com /dysfunctionalfamily2.html (7559 words)

	Dysfunctional Families - Framework for Cult Membership
		A "dysfunctional family" is a family in which the natural characteristics of a child have been responded to by the primary caregivers in such a way as to distort those characteristics.
		In a dysfunctional family, these tools are used against the child, forcing the child to adopt survival traits In order to cope with the conflicting messages.
		In a dysfunctional family the relationship between the primary caregiver, who is usually a compulsive-addictive, and the other members is very similar.
	www.dtl.org /cults/article/dysfunctional.htm (2432 words)

	The Health Care System as a Dysfunctional Family
		In family therapy the expression of such a misinterpretation --- presented in terms that each child in the family is to be treated the same --- is considered to be a pathognomonic diagnostic indicator that a family is dysfunctional.
		In many dysfunctional families children are psychologically or physically abused, or aborted, the elderly are neglected or their deaths hastened, and family relationships are strained or disrupted, all of this rationalized as being done in the name of love and care.
		Sonne is a psychoanalyst and family therapist, a Senior Attending Psychiatrist and former Director of Family Therapy Research and Training at the Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital, and Emeritus Director of the Clinical School of the Family Institute of Philadelphia.
	www.haciendapub.com /sonne.html (2609 words)

	Santa Clara University - The Wellness Center - Dysfunctional Family
		Adults raised in dysfunctional families frequently report difficulties forming and maintaining intimate relationships, maintaining positive self-esteem, and trusting others; they fear a loss of control, and deny their feelings and reality (Vannicelli, 1989).
		For example, people who grow up in dysfunctional families often have finely tuned empathy for others; they are often very achievement-oriented and highly successful in some areas of their lives; they are often resilient to stress and adaptive to change.
		Frequently, survivors of dysfunctional families have an exaggerated sense of responsibility.
	www.scu.edu /wellness/dysfunctionalfamily.cfm (2660 words)

	Roles In Dysfunctional Families-column by codependence counselor
		If a culture is based on emotional dishonesty, with role models that are dishonest emotionally, then that culture is also emotionally dysfunctional, because the people of that society are set up to be emotionally dishonest and dysfunctional in getting their emotional needs met.
		The family hero, because of their "success" in conforming to dysfunctional cultural definitions of what constitutes doing life "right", is often the child in the family who as an adult has the hardest time even admitting that there is anything within themselves that needs to be healed.
		This is the child that the family feels ashamed of - and the most emotionally honest child in the family.
	www.joy2meu.com /DysfunctionalFamilies.htm (1714 words)

	Schizophrenia.com - Schizophrenia Causes and Prevention
		Whether your family is genetically susceptible to schizophrenia or there is a person with schizophrenia in your home, this study indicates that a healthy and stable family environment may provide protective effects against development of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders.
		This paper suggests, for families with a history of schizophrenia or who are concerned about mental health risks, a decrease in the risk of schizophrenia may be achieved by reducing dysfunctional interactions in the family environment through family therapy or education.
		Some families may have happened to be at a rough ‘patch’ at all instances of observation, whereas others may not have appeared that dysfunctional at the time but generally functioned on a tense and unhealthy level.
	www.schizophrenia.com /familyenv1.htm (3998 words)

	Teen Advice Online: "Dysfunctional Families: I am Surviving" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		You know that you are in a dysfunctional family if you know that you cannot talk to your parents about how you feel without fearing that your feelings will be laughed at, or will bring you more emotional and/or physical harm rather then a rational, listening, and loving heart.
		You know that you are in a dysfunctional family because you know that there is more to life than what you are experiencing now-- you know that someone out there knows what it is to be loved and appreciated and nurtured.
		All families are dysfunctional in their own way-- they just vary as to how much, in what way, and according to societal or social standards.
	www.teenadviceonline.org /articles/dysfunctionalfamily.html (3372 words)

	Dysfunctional Family - Christian Counseling - Codependence - Addictiona Recovery
		When problems and circumstances such as parental alcoholism, mental illness, child abuse, or extreme parental rigidity and control interfere with family functioning, the effects on children can sometimes linger long after these children have grown up and left their problem families.
		Adults raised in dysfunctional families frequently report difficulties forming and maintaining intimate relationships, maintaining positive self-esteem, and trusting others; they fear a loss of control, and deny their feelings and reality.
		Frequently, children of dysfunctional families continue to seek approval and acceptance from their parents and families.
	www.tgsrm.org /Dysfunctional.htm (2656 words)

	Out of the Frying Pan... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Because the child is born into it, the family's method of functioning is seen as "normal." This form of dysfunctionality is shrouded in non-communication, alienation, fear, denial and anger which, while shared by all, is not permissible to express.
		Because dysfunctional families believe they are dependent upon their patterns to survive, it becomes the unwritten rule not to talk about feelings.
		Most dysfunctional families of the previous generation operated within the Patriarchal Power Model: the father had the most power, the mother was dependent upon him, and the children dependent upon her.
	members.aol.com /JehanaS/c_basics/c_9dys.html (3446 words)

	Dysfunctional Civilization
		According to Gore, this term, "dysfunctional civilization," is a metaphor comparing civilization at large to a dysfunctional family.
		I was raised in Iowa in the early forties and in those days, instead of referring to dysfunctional families we used less highfalutin terms such as poor, hungry, frightened and miserable.
		Instead of being strong competent members of society, dysfunctional family members are said to be weak and unable to cope.
	www.rightgrrl.com /algorithm/gore4.html (1294 words)

	THE BLANKET * Index: Current Articles
		Of course, as with all such families where the head of the family has influential friends, there are rewards and pickings to be had for those members of the family who are prepared to bend the knee and bow to the petty-tyrant's authority.
		The word Family means the opposite of this, for few would claim that even in the best and happiest of families democracy plays much of a role, indeed in most the opposite is true.
		Families are oligarchical, they operate on a top down basis, those with the least pull have the least say.
	lark.phoblacht.net /MH1016066g.html (932 words)

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		Most dysfunctional family situations thrive in an atmosphere of distrust, deceit and repressed emotions.
		Examine your family history to see if you are mirroring the negative behavior patterns of your parents.
		Define what is important to you in your family relationships and ask other family members to be honest about what they perceive as their needs.
	www.cbn.com /family/FamilyAdvice/newlife_brokenfamilies.aspx (512 words)

	Functional & Dysfunctional family Roles
		In a dysfunctional or psychologically unhealthy family we inherit or develop negative roles or defence mechanisms that we can become trapped in.
		In contrast to functional or healthy families that foster positive development where trust, love and honest, open relationships thrive, dysfunctional families may produce insecurities and stop ‘normal’ development.
		As in any family there is likely to be at least one ‘healthy’ individual who tries to compensate for the failings of those around them.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /cm/y_2_family.htm (304 words)

	Opinion: Dysfunctional 'family' economics
		Florida's family thinks the boss is putting too much in the paycheck.
		The tax system is so outdated and unfair that the poorest fifth of taxpayers pay at eight times the rate of the wealthiest 1 percent, and Florida receives less income, per resident, than 45 other states.
		No single priority in their lives exceeds that of low taxation, even in a state that already grants them such a wish, and they believe their brightest future lies in spending less, saving less and selling out their children.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/04/24/Opinion/Dysfunctional__family.shtml (516 words)

	TxState Counseling Center - Dysfunctional Family Patterns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Everyone has had a conflict with their family at some time or another, but for some it is more of a lifetime struggle involving much confusion and emotional pain.
		Change is something which most human beings resist and/or have great difficulty with, and it is not different for the adult child of a dysfunctional family.
		Often adult children of dysfunctional families will feel controlled by others and at the same time will not take responsibility for others' thoughts, feelings and actions.
	www.counseling.txstate.edu /bro/dysfamily.htm (478 words)

	Psychological Family Problems
		But, because the family relationships are a part of the problem, it is necessary to change the structure of the family relationships.
		Generally, a psychologist will not provide individual psychotherapy to one member of the family, and see the whole family for family therapy or the couple for couple therapy at the same time.
		It is possible to provide individual psychotherapy to two family members, but sometimes this creates a problem, and psychologists always have to evaluate the effectiveness of this approach.
	www.psychologyinfo.com /problems/family.html (452 words)

	Parenting: Dysfunctional Families . . . What Exactly Does that Mean? Part I
		The term "dysfunctional families" has been used and abused so much over the years that it is hard to define.
		The family recognizes that stressful situations are inevitable and temporary.
		Family members recognize the difference between the symptoms of stress and the sources of the stress.
	www.selfhelpmagazine.com /articles/parenting/dysfam1.html (530 words)

	Dysfunctional Family: The Injustice Collector by Mark Sichel: The Sideroad
		She always seemed to be able to manipulate a story and present it in a way that would portray her or her family as poor pitiful victims of whoever in the family seemed to be having a good day.
		When Barbara's oldest son Lawrence was getting married, he had decided to have a small wedding, and to that end, while he had invited his Aunt Eileen and her husband, he had not invited their grown children with whom he had never been closely involved.
		The unfortunate outcome in the dysfunctional family is that either the People Pleaser has to become progressively more crippled and entrenched in their subservient role in the family, or else they become healthier and stronger and ultimately are accused of breaking up the family.
	www.sideroad.com /Family_Life/dysfunctional-family.html (903 words)

	~Dysfunctional Family Test~ - Jamaica Talk - Jamaican Forums
		Your family seems to have some lurking concerns that could be handled with a little open communication.
		In general, you are not dysfunctional (not any more than most families, anyway) and are able to maintain regular, healthy ties.
		Every family, of course, has its issues and there is always the possibility that these did not show up on the test.
	www.everytingjamaican.com /jamaicatalk/showthread.php?t=3583 (1671 words)

	The Dysfunctional Family Test
		Have you ever not spoken to an immediate family member for months at a time due to a family feud?
		Your sibling gets drunk at a family function and makes a pass at your new spouse.
		If a very attractive cousin hit on you at a family reunion, would you:
	www.queendom.com /tests/minitests/fx/dysf_family.html (254 words)

	Codependency Recovery Ch. 10 Normal families are Dysfunctional
		One of the reasons that I have been giving specific examples of the type of things that codependent parents say and do to try to control their children, is because it is so important for us as recovering codependents to start seeing more clearly that normal in society is codependent.
		My families dysfunction was not as overt, so my wounding was of a more subtle nature than people who had been beaten by drunken fathers and mothers.
		I believe that the concept of the nuclear family as a separate, isolated entity is dysfunctional in it's essence.
	joy2meu.com /codependency_family.html (2128 words)

	Turmoil in Iraq: Saddam's Dysfunctional Family - Middle East Quarterly
		This is hardly the first time that dissension within the family has affected matters of state, nor is it likely to be the last.
		Its core, the family, has split into three camps, according to their relations with Saddam, with the sons, cousins, and half-brothers all vying for influence.
		Joseph Ginat, an anthropologist, notes that Arab families do not attend the wedding of a daughter, as a symbol that "she has not left her home and that she continues to belong to her family of origin.
	www.meforum.org /article/273 (3836 words)

	KSU Counseling Services Dysfunctional Families
		This brochure will help you understand and recognize family dysfunction and its effects, provide some strategies to help overcome these effects, and list some resources for further help.
		Self-help support group for those who have grown up in dysfunctional families.
		For meeting times, places, dates, and contact numbers for self-help groups, check the directory of organizations in the Sunday edition of the Manhattan Mercury or check your local telephone directory/yellow-pages for listings of contacts.
	www.k-state.edu /counseling/topics/relationships/dysfunc.html (2866 words)

	Wired News: Family Circus Parody Folds Tent
		The creator of one of the longest-running Web parodies said he may pull the plug on his Dysfunctional Family Circus site after receiving a cease-and-desist order from the company that syndicates The Family Circus comic strip.
		Dysfunctional Family Circus has been running since June 1995.
		Bil Keane's strip, a depiction of a 1950s-vintage American nuclear family, is carried in more than 1,500 newspapers every day.
	www.wired.com /news/culture/0,1284,21853,00.html (570 words)

	Breaking the Dysfunctional Family Patterns
		I am going to use the example of physical violence as the pattern of family dysfunction to be avoided, but you could just as easily replace it with sexual abuse, verbal abuse, drugs, drinking, pathological liars, narcissism, or any number of incredibly destructive family patterns.
		I have never ever heard of an entire family of child beaters all suddenly deciding together that all of them are going to go through this process at the same time.
		It is part of what you will come to learn as you study the dysfunctional patterns of denial and unity that weaves through families with this secret in their lives.
	www.tomorrowsedge.net /breaking-the-dysfunctional-family-patterns.html (1961 words)

	Dysfunctional Family Video Mental Health Video
		This mental health video gives you a blueprint of dysfunctional families, the dynamics involved, how shame develops and how to solve it.
		The devastation for the individual sufferer, the family, and society that results from this problem was the motivation for making this mental health video.
		This dysfunctional families mental health video, just like the other educational mental health videos in this series has been designed to appeal to individual clients or families, in this case suffering from dysfunctional families, and the mental health clinician in the field who is interested in learning more and how to treat effectively.
	www.asktheinternettherapist.com /dysfunctional_families_videotape.asp (272 words)

	The Dysfunctional Family - Internet Quiz - Psych
		After all, a family with a cross-dresser, kleptomaniac, pyromaniac, drug pusher/abuser, and manic-depressive are worth knowing.
		Setting fires interests her more than anything including her dysfunctional family.
		Bubba, Mable's co-dependent husband, was brought up in a family of alcoholics where Bubba watched after his alcoholic parents and learned to cover up the alcohol use for fear of discovery.
	kclibrary.nhmccd.edu /psych-q.html (595 words)

	Dysfunctional family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dysfunctional familes are most often a result of the alcoholism, substance abuse, or other addictions of parents, parents' untreated mental illnesses/defects or personality disorders, or the parents emulating their own dysfunctional parents and dysfunctional family experiences.
		The family unit can be affected by a variety of factors.
		Dan Neuharth, author of If You Had Controlling Parents also expounds on dysfunctional families.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dysfunctional_family (556 words)

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