Yang Lien-chien, who was instrumental in setting up a special family therapy clinic at the Taipei City Psychiatric Center (TCPC), points out: In fact, the theory and practice of family therapy is a development that arises out of research into individual cases of psychiatric disorders.
在台北市立療養院開設「家庭治療」特別門診的精神科主治醫師楊連謙也指出，其實，家庭治療理論與方法的發展，就是源起於對精神疾病患者的治療研究。