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This volume examines various disorders that can afflict families: schizophrenia and other mental illnesses, drug abuse, alcoholism and child neglect. Characteristics of families with schizophrenic members are probed, and both the `planned change′ therapeutic approach and brief therapy for treating families with a member diagnosed as mentally ill are presented. Also considered are guidelines for conducting treatment with families of alcoholics and drug abusers from a structural strategic orientation.