<P> Identified patient, or "IP", is a term used in a clinical setting to describe the person in a dysfunctional family who has been unconsciously selected to act out the family's inner conflicts as a diversion . This person, often a child, is "the split - off carrier of a breakdown in the entire family system," which may be a transgenerational disturbance or trauma . </P> <P> The term is also used in the context of organizational management, in circumstances where an individual becomes the carrier of a group problem . </P>

Who is the identified patient in family therapy
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