For Many Years, Family Members Have Been Considered Causal Agents

Multiple Choice

For many years, family members have been considered causal agents for the mental illnesses of other family members. How has this view changed?

A) Family members are often so aloof from family members with mental illness that they play little role in the illness.
B) The family member's mental illness is now viewed as a stressor, which can create a need to develop coping skills.
C) Members of the family share common genes for mental illness, and members who have not developed an illness do not wish to be reminded of this possibility.
D) Most of the maladaptive behavior seen in families with mental illness present results from genetic factors that should be addressed by genetic
counseling.