How Good is Family Therapy? A Reassessment / Ranjan Roy, Harvy Frankel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roy, Ranjan, Author.

Frankel, Harvy, Author.

Contributor:

Epstein, Nathan B.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family psychotherapy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 214 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Family therapy is one of the most widely practised psychotherapies in North America. Roy and Frankel here provide a comprehensive and critical reassessment of the research literature regarding the efficacy of this form of treatment. The main thesis of the book is that this research is still in its infancy and that, although important contributions have been made, much work remains to be done.

Contents:

1. Family Therapy: An Overview

2. Children and Family Therapy

3. Juvenile Delinquency and Conduct Disorders

4. Adult Psychiatric Problems

5. Psychosomatic and Medical Disorders

6. Alcoholism and Family Therapy

7. Adolescent Drug Abuse and Mixed Emotional and Behavioural Disorders

8. Anorexia Nervosa

9. Family-Based Approaches to Placement Prevention in Child Welfare

10. Future Directions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-208) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

1-4875-8037-1

OCLC:

1153493833