抄録
In today'ssociety, it is not uncommon that deviate family patterns create various mental illnesses. Psychosomatic diseases constitute one example of the diseases induced by these phenomena. The author studied the family types in which a family member had been diagnosed as borderline-psychosomatic. From the study it was discovered that families with a boderline-psychosomatic patient could be classified into 3 general categories : (1) obsessiveness, (2) over-protectiveness, and (3) separation and anxiety. Generally speaking, the specific actions of a family exhibiting any of the aforementioned characteristics would produce an individual with psychosomatic symptoms. The author, first of all, examined the family dynamics of typical cases and then explained the process causing the appearence of symptoms and introduced the appropriate therapy. In addition, the author touched briefly on psychotherapy for a family with a boderline-psychosomatic patient and discussed step by step how to couduct a survey on these families; how to conduct psychotherapy effective to both the patient and family; and how to integrate all relevant pieces of information. The author hopes to confirm this method further by increasing the number of such case studies in the future.
