Applying Biobehavioral Model in a young asthmatic patient: Case Study

摘要

We will present a case study of a 15 year old female adolescent, where the Biobehavioral Family Model (BBFM), (Wood et al. 2008), a model of family relational stress, was applied to treat her intractable asthma. In this case, family relational patterns which impacted the patient's emotional and physical compromise were consistent with findings of research testing the BBFM.The fact that the patient's health improved through psychotherapy focusing on these family patterns, without any changes in her medical-pharmaceutical care, constituted important evidence for the important role these factors played in the course of her asthma.