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Dr Omar I Almodayfer
MD, FRCPC, ABAPDip
Head of Mental health
KAMC, Riyadh
modayfero@ngha.med.sa
Objectives
Local applications
Saudi families
?What do we know
Family Development
Extended Vs Nuclear. 4)With Adolescents.
Rearing . 5)Children moving out.
Six stages: 6)Empty nest or a Family in
Later Life.
1)Marriage.
2) With Young Children.
3) With School Age
Children.
Patients make
decisions within a
social network
:Examples
Compliance
Coping is better in
people with families and
social network
Application
Support help either in
recovery or better,
longer life
Application
The 2 extremes
?What is better
Illness is not limited to
the person
Family suffer
Trauma bring growth