GENOGRAM
Geriatric Depression Genogram with Family Secrets and Suicide Loss
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CASE ANALYSIS
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.
Key decisions
- Use index symbol for the identified patient (matriarch)
- Mark depression with a full fill pattern
- Represent suicide loss as deceased with note
- Show family secret of adoption via birth:adopted attribute
- Add cutoff emotional line to capture estrangement
When to reuse this
Use when mapping multigenerational family systems in geriatric depression cases where losses, secrets, and relational cutoffs are clinically relevant.
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