As I search the web in hopes of enlightenment and discovery into the world of emotional disturbances, I found an article titled, "The Emotionally Disturbed Child as a Family Scapegoat" by Ezra F. Vogel and Norman W. Bell. In order to view the full article you must subscribe to the website (which is worth it!).
Anyways, I started thinking about how the struggle of raising a child who is emotionally disturbed could/may tear a family apart. Connecting this to my own life, my daughter, who is what society would consider "normal" was a struggle for her father as the daily demand of raising a child was too great for our relationship to overcome. I couldn't image the stress placed on parents with children who have special needs.
When thinking of a child who is emotionally disturbed or not, unless parents embrace their children fully the demand may be to great to keep the positive connection between all family members. This lead me to a family counseling site in which they implemented short-term therapy using a method known as Zuk's (go between process) and the study should improvement of the interpersonal functioning of the family.
http://www.mendeley.com/research/short-term-family-therapy-emotionally-disturbed-children/
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