Clinical Manual of Couples and Family Therapy - Softcover

Gabor I. Keitner; Alison M. Heru; Ira D. Glick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585622907 ISBN 13: 9781585622900

Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2009

Synopsis

Studies have proven that involving the family in psychiatric care is efficacious, and yet many clinicians lack the specific knowledge and skills to do this successfully. The Clinical Manual of Couples and Family Therapy outlines practical, evidence-based family therapy skills, and it also reestablishes the role of the psychiatrist as the leader of the team of professionals providing mental health care to patients in need.
This concise manual outlines distinct steps in assessment and treatment within a biopsychosocial organizing framework that can be applied to all families, regardless of the patient s presenting problem. It also clarifies the clinical decision-making process for determining level of family involvement in patient care in different clinical settings. The book includes numerous case examples as well as a companion DVD, keyed to the text discussion, that demonstrates how to perform family assessment and treatment.
All psychiatrists should be proficient in assessing the family context in which a patient s psychiatric illness evolves. The Clinical Manual of Couples and Family Therapy is a practical guide designed to facilitate a clinician s ability to evaluate and treat couples and families.

About this title

About the Author:

Gabor I. Keitner, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry at The Warren Alpert School of Medicine and Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.
Alison Margaret Heru, M.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado in Denver, Colorado.
Ira D. Glick, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California.

Review:

"Keitner and colleagues have developed a superb manual for doing marital therapy, part of which is integrating somatic and psychosocial treatments. A must read for anyone seeing couples and families." --Alan F. Schatzberg, M.D., Chairman and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

"This book has long been needed. It teaches you how to incorporate family assessment and intervention strategies in everyday clinical practice, whether you are a physician or a psychologist. This highly readable manual is an essential reference for health care providers." --Giovanni A. Fava, M.D., Editor-in-chief, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

About this edition

• Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1585622907
• ISBN 13: 9781585622900
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 322