Genogram

A genogram also invited as a McGoldrick–Gerson study, a Lapidus schematic or a style diagram is a pictorial display of a person's family relationships & medical history. It goes beyond a traditional family tree by allowing the user to visualize hereditary patterns together with psychological factors that punctuate relationships. It can be used to identify repetitive patterns of behavior and to recognize hereditary tendencies.

Murray Bowen invented the concept of the genogram as component of his manner systems model in the 1970s. Genograms were later developed and popularized in clinical managers by Monica McGoldrick and Randy Gerson through the publication of a book titled Genograms: Assessment and Intervention in 1985. Genograms are now used by various groups of people in a variety of fields such(a) as medicine, psychiatry, psychology, social work, genetic research, education, and many more. Some practitioners in personal and family therapy ownership genograms for personal records and/or to explain family dynamics to the client. Few if all genealogists ownership them. More recently there has been an put in the recognition and use of systemic therapies and methods to augment more traditional behaviour assessment, clinical formulation and case consultation.

Symbols

A genogram is created with simple symbols representing the gender, with various grouping to illustrate family relationships. Some genogram users also put circles around members who represent in the same alive spaces. Genograms can be prepared by using a complex word processor, or a data processor drawing program. There are also computer everyone that are custom designed for genograms.

Genogram symbols will commonly pull in the date of birth and date of death if relevant above, and the have of the individual underneath. The inside of the symbol will draw the person's current age or various codes for genetic diseases or user-defined properties: abortions, still-births, SIDS, cohabitations, etc.