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Although the rejected party's psychological and physical health may decline, the estrangement initiator's may improve due to the cessation of abuse and conflict. [2] [3] The social rejection in family estrangement is the equivalent of ostracism which undermines four fundamental human needs: the need to belong, the need for control in social situations, the need to maintain high levels of self ...
Family estrangement can occur between any two family members, though parent-child estrangement and sibling estrangement are two of the most common types, says Deb Castaldo, PhD, a New York-based ...
Family estrangement is trending, according to a 2022 study that, not coincidentally, reveals that dads are cut off from their children four times as often as moms.
Almost 70 million people in the U.S. report being estranged from a family member. Ghislain & Marie David de Lossy/Getty ImagesHolidays are often a time of strengthening family bonds and relationships.
Stephanie Donaldson-Pressman, The Narcissistic Family. Diagnosis and Treatment; Beth Polson and Miller Newton, Not My Kid: A Family's Guide to Kids and Drugs, Arbor Books / Kids of North Jersey Nurses, 1984, ISBN 978-0877956334, Charles L. Whitfield, Healing the Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families
Sibling estrangement or sibling alienation is the breakdown of relationships between siblings resulting in a lack of communication or outright avoidance of each other. It is a phenomenon that can occur in families for various reasons such as unresolved conflicts, personality differences, distance, or life events.
CHICAGO -- Since the end of 2019, Arlette Martin has not spoken to her daughter, who lives less than a 10-minute drive from her. In that time, her only child missed celebrating Martin’s 50th ...
Alcoholism in family systems refers to the conditions in families that enable alcoholism and the effects of alcoholic behavior by one or more family members on the rest of the family. Mental health professionals are increasingly considering alcoholism and addiction as diseases that flourish in and are enabled by family systems .