Issues for DSM-V: Relational Diagnosis: An Essential Component of Biopsychosocial Assessment

Treatments of mental disorders that target family systems have been shown to have such efficacy (e.g., references 8-10) that the provision of training in couple and family therapy is now a desirable element for psychiatric residency accreditation, Finally, the majority of patients seen by psychiatrists are diagnosed as having problems with their primary support group (11).