The scenario
An 85-year-old immigrant matriarch with late-life depression; genogram reveals an estranged daughter, a hidden adoption, and a son's suicide loss.
What is in this drawing
Read the decisions behind it.
01
Use index symbol for the identified patient (matriarch)
02
Mark depression with a full fill pattern
03
Represent suicide loss as deceased with note
04
Show family secret of adoption via birth:adopted attribute
05
Add cutoff emotional line to capture estrangement
Use when mapping multigenerational family systems in geriatric depression cases where losses, secrets, and relational cutoffs are clinically relevant.
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