(Akademia Bialska im. Jana Pawła II, 2024-04-05)
Gałązka, Natalia
The aim of this article is to draw attention to the risk of dysfunction of the
family system among families in which a parent suffers from affective disorders. The article
is a review of scientific literature on family dysfunction and the consequences of affective
disorders among parents. It presents the most common difficulties in implementing
the basic functions of the family, specified by Z. Tyszka, and also indicates changes in
its functioning caused by the occurrence of affective disorders in parents, which may
contribute to dysfunctions in the family system.
Material and methods: Literature review
Conclusions: Due to their specific nature, the parent’s affective disorders may cause: risk
of dysfunction in families. Changes caused in families, resulting from the health condition
of a sick person, may significantly affect the implementation of functions assigned to the
family, and thus contribute to the disruption of its structure and the proper fulfillment of
tasks.