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Genogram Analysis is a clinical assessment tool developed as part of Bowen’s Family Systems Theory, which schematically represents an individual’s intergenerational relationships, medical history, demographic characteristics, and key family turning points.【1】 Also known as a family pedigree, gene map, or genetic chart, this tool facilitates the collection of detailed information about a family’s formation and internal dynamics, enables the analysis of complex relational patterns, and allows for

Histrionic Personality Disorder is a chronic psychiatric condition that emerges in early adulthood and is characterized by excessive emotionality and a persistent need to be the center of attention across many areas of life. Individuals display dramatic, extroverted, and seductive behaviors in social professional and personal relationships. The disorder has an ego-syntonic structure meaning the individual does not perceive their own behaviors as problematic. Due to the lack of insight and inabil

Illness Anxiety Disorder is a condition in which an individual experiences uncontrollable beliefs and intense anxiety that they have or will develop a serious illness, resulting from the misinterpretation of physical symptoms. This concept was first defined by Salkovskis and Warwick and consists of two core constructs: illness belief and illness phobia. 【1】Illness belief refers to a strong conviction that one currently has an illness, while illness phobia involves fear of contracting an illness