Genogram is defined as an informal assessment tool that examines the family 's functioning over a number of generations. It usually includes such items as dates of birth and death, names, major relationships, scapegoats, identified patient, mental illness, disabilities, cultural or ethnic issues, physical diseases, affairs, abortions, and stillbirths. Moreover, Genogram refers to a method of charting a family's relationship system. It is essentially a family tree in which ages, sex, marriage dates, and similar information may be diagrammed.
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