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Developing evidence-based guidance – implications for systemic interventions
- Author:
- PILLING Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Family Therapy, 31(2), May 2009, pp.194-205.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article provides a brief review of the history and current approaches to the development of clinical guidelines, particularly as applied to systemic and more generally psychological therapies. The National Institute for Excellence (NICE) guidelines in the UK are used as an example. Some commonly identified problems associated with guideline development in mental health are reviewed and their implications for guideline development considered. The challenges this work presents for systemic therapies are considered, along with likely future development in clinical guidelines.
The cost of treating substance use disorders: individual versus family therapy
- Authors:
- MORGAN Triston B., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Family Therapy, 35(1), 2013, pp.2-23.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The aim of this US study was to examine the cost of substance use disorders treatment in a large healthcare organisation. The longitudinal study used 4 years of data from Cigna (a US healthcare insurer) about treatment costs in mental health outpatient services claims, and examined data about individuals aged 12 years and older with a diagnosis of a substance use disorder. The article describes the methodology and statistical analysis and presents the results, with detailed statistical tables. It reports that family therapy used the least number of sessions when treating substance use disorders, followed by individual therapy and mixed therapy, and that family therapy was the least costly of the 3 types and had better recidivism rates. Recognising the context of an economy largely driven by healthcare costs, it concludes that family therapy is a favourable treatment option, given its low cost to healthcare insurance companies.
Research update: psychoeducational family interventions
- Author:
- FADDEN Grainne
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Family Therapy, 20(3), August 1998, pp.293-309.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reviews research on psychoeducational family interventions outlining the key findings of the early intervention studies, and summarising what later studies contribute to our knowledge. The author draws attention to pertinent issues in relation to training and supervision of therapists, and highlights difficulties which must be overcome if family interventions are to be provided routinely in clinical services.
Mental health in a multi-ethnic society: a multidisciplinary handbook
- Editor:
- FERNANDO Suman
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 248p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Includes chapters on: social realities and mental health; professional interventions (therapy and care); law and guidelines; sectioning - the black experience; consulting and empowering black mental health system users; training to promote race equality; women's neighbourhood mental health services; culture and family therapy; and psychotherapy in the context of race and culture.
Clinical gerontology: a guide to assessment and intervention
- Editor:
- BRINK T.L
- Publisher:
- Haworth Press
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 517p., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- New York
Covers a wide range of methods of assessment and intervention with the elderly : psychodynamic, cognitive, group therapy, pet-facilitated and family therapy.
Letters from the clinic: letter writing in clinical practice for mental health professionals
- Author:
- STEINBERG Derek
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 142p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Based on practice in child, adolescent and family practice, provides example of letters written to, and about, patients. Covers issues such as explaining terminology and treatments; seeking second opinions; confirming clinical contracts; conveying bad news; confidentiality and consent; and everyday practical matters.
Child abuse, psychotherapy and the law
- Author:
- KENNEDY Roger
- Publisher:
- Free Association Books
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 159p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Those working with severely disordered families often find themselves becoming involved with family law and with the courts. This book aims to help professionals assess such families and steer them more effectively and humanely through the legal process. Gives a comprehensive description of working with families where the incidence of child abuse is high. Includes case studies of families where one ore more members are experiencing severe psychiatric illness, and others where individuals have suffered post-natal breakdown and Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. Illustrates therapeutic work with the families and addresses issues such as parenting, female abusers, and recovered memory as well as the requirements of family law.
Working with the sexually abused child: the use of non-directive play therapy and family therapy
- Authors:
- WILSON Kate, RYAN Virginia
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice, 8(1), 1994, pp.67-74.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The experience of being sexually abused is always emotionally damaging for the child victim, and if not addressed therapeutically may result in long-term mental health problems. Argues that family therapy may be insufficient to address the needs of the child, and that because of the nature of the impact of sexual abuse in most instances individual therapy should be the preferred approach. The circumstances in which family therapy may be indicated are considered, together with the limitations of this therapeutic approach. The nature of the impact of child sexual abuse is explained using a framework of mental development derived from Piaget, and it is argued that a method of individual therapy which addresses the experience at different levels should be selected. Reasons for using one form of individual therapy, that of non-directive play therapy, are presented.
Mental health and deafness
- Editors:
- HINDLEY Peter, KITSON Nick
- Publisher:
- Whurr
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 582p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Designed as an introductory text on mental health and deafness for care workers and mental health workers. Covers a wide range of mental health issues as they relate to deafness and is divided into two sections. The first, Assessment, includes topics such as child and adolescent psychiatry, adult psychiatry, children who are deaf and have multiple disabilities, deafness and learning disability, addictive behaviour and deafness, forensic psychiatry, acquired deafness, and abuse of deaf children. The second section, Management and Intervention, discusses interpreters in mental health settings, educational interventions, different forms of psychotherapy, family therapy, rehabilitation, and drug treatments.
Treating the changing family: handling normative and unusual events
- Editor:
- HARWAY Michele
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 384p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at contemporary family life and the stresses and problems that changing social and family structures impose. Includes sections on: non-traditional family constellations (including gay and lesbian families); challenges to the family life cycle (including ageing problems and families with adopted children);and the impact of unusual life events on families (including mental health problems, domestic violence, the problems of living in urban areas, HIV, and addictions). Concludes with a section on the role of the clinician. Aimed at family therapists, counsellors, psychologists, social workers and mental health professionals.