Catherine M Rakow

Making Sense of Human Life

Murray Bowen's Determined Effort Toward Family Systems Theory

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing from rich archival material, this book provides unprecedented access to the professional documents and historical context surrounding the life's work of Dr. Murray Bowen (1913-1990), medical doctor, psychiatrist, and pioneering researcher of Family Systems Theory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780367461522
• ISBN-10: 0367461528
• Artikelnr.: 63656587

Autorenporträt

Catherine M. Rakow is an independent researcher, has spent nearly 30 years reviewing Murray Bowen archival materials at the National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division in Bethesda, MD and the Bowen family collection in Williamsburg, VA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Bowen's childhood, medical school, internships 2. The years
of active duty 1941-1945 3. Bowen's residency School of Psychiatry at
Menninger Foundation, 1946-1947 4. The last year of his residency, a search
for answers c. 1947-1948 5. Modifying accepted psychiatric theories and
practices 1948-1951 6. Specific case discussions-inpatient studies,
1949-1951 7. Symbiotic relationships 8. A shift toward family 1949-1953 9.
Timing and choices 1953 to July 1954 10. Settling in at NIMH, July to
October 1954 11. The backstory on the research project: November to
December 1954 12. The first families: November 1954 to February 1955 13.
The family as a unit, March to July 1955 14. Toward the new hypothesis and
treatment, August to December 1955 15. An important non-research family 16.
Origin of Bowen's theory