Improvements in depressive symptoms following a brief relationship intervention
AbstractIn the United States, 21 million adults are diagnosed with depression. Couple therapy effectively treats depression, however, couples encounter access barriers. The Relationship Checkup is an assessment and feedback intervention delivered in participants' homes. The current study examines changes in relationship satisfaction and depressive symptoms, and moderators and mechanisms of change in a community sample (N = 85 couples). Changes in depressive symptoms and satisfaction, and the association between changes in satisfaction and depressive symptoms were examined with multilevel modeling. Depressive symptoms...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - October 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Erica A. Mitchell,
Patricia N. E. Roberson,
Michaela DiPillo,
James V. Cordova,
Kristina Coop Gordon Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Autistic Perspectives of Sibling Relationships: Clinical Implications for the Use of Quantitative Measures in Family Autism Research
AbstractPrior research on autistic sibling relationship quality largely ignored autistic sibling perspectives. Researchers continue to prioritize allistic (non-autistic) siblings ’ notions of relationship quality, preventing clinicians from faithfully measuring and supporting the relational well-being of autistic clients. The present study aims to understand adult autistic sibling relationship quality from both the perspective of autistic and allistic siblings, and how the combination of sibling neurocognitive functioning styles in sibling pairs impacts these results. Our sample (N = 211) is from a larger study of co...
Source: Contemporary Family Therapy - October 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
JMFT annual report 2022
(Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy)
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - October 24, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steven M. Harris,
Erin J. Guyette Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Issue Information
(Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy)
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - October 24, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
I had to Take Care of My Herd to Not Die Myself: A Retrospective, Qualitative Study of Siblings ’ Experience of Family Relations Before Their Siblings’ Drug-Related Death
This study explores siblings ’ experiences of family relations before their siblings’ drug-related death. A qualitative approach inspired by reflexive thematic analysis was chosen for the analysis. Four men and ten women, aged 23–61 and representing all regions of Norway, were interviewed. Three themes were identified: (1 )A changed view of both their sibling and personal relationship, (2)Changed patterns of communication in the family and (3)Coping strategies. The results are discussed through the lens of family systems theory and salutogenesis. (Source: Contemporary Family Therapy)
Source: Contemporary Family Therapy - October 23, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Relationship mindfulness, negative relationship quality, and physical health
AbstractRomantic relationships have the potential to be a great source of support or a significant stressor depending on the quality of the relationship. Given the importance of these relationships, it is important to explore possible predictors of relationship quality, primarily if such predictors can be targeted in a clinical setting. Relationship mindfulness, or the propensity to be mindful in the setting of a romantic relationship, is one such option. The current study explored the associations between relationship mindfulness, negative relationship quality, and physical health. An online assessment was completed by 11...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - October 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Katherine L. Morris,
Chrystal N. McDowell,
Dania Tawfiq,
Carson Outler,
Jonathan G. Kimmes Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Transracial adoption, identity, and racism in the United States: Between two worldsBy
Kyrai E. Antares,
Lexington Books.
2023. pp.
174. $45.00 (eBook) $95.00 (Hardcover)
(Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy)
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - October 12, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michael L. White Tags: BOOK REVIEW Source Type: research
“I'm fighting with BPD instead of my partner”: A dyadic interpretative phenomenological analysis of the lived experience of couples navigating borderline personality disorder
AbstractBorderline personality disorder (BPD) is associated with romantic relationship distress and dissolution. The complex interaction between BPD and romantic relationships warrants further attention. Dyadic interviews (N = 10) were conducted to examine the experience and impact of BPD on couples' relationships. The results of interpretative phenomenological analysis consisted of two superordinate themes describing the couple experience of navigating BPD: (a) the shared experience of BPD as a relational stressor ; and (b) adaptive dyadic coping in the context of BPD. Although BPD was experienced as a relational stre...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - October 9, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Abigail M. O'Leary,
Ashley L. Landers,
Jeffrey B. Jackson Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Married women's response to spousal pornography use: A grounded theory
This study included the experiences of 30 married women who reported spousal pornography use as a threat to relational attachment, who chose to remain with their spouse, and who reported evidence of individual and relational healing thereafter. The research question, “How do married women describe the experience of learning of their spouse's pornography use and the individual and relationship sequelae that follow?” was explored using grounded theory methods to analyze deidentified blogpost accounts emphasizing response to a spouse's pornography use. The resu lts describe a process model highlighting three interrelated ...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - October 9, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Misha D. Crawford,
Mark H. Butler,
Loren D. Marks,
Chelom J. Leavitt Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Black Rain: a kaupapa M āori (a Māori approach) to addressing family violence and intergenerational trauma
This article details one kaupapa, known as Black Rain, which has been successfully helping men and women to break the cycles of intergenerational violence within their whānau since 2010. To do this, we will draw upon Fay's work and that of two colleagues who now work with her. (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT))
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - October 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Fay Pouesi,
Rosemary Dewerse Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
1.51 Tolerability and Effectiveness of Emotionally Focused Family Therapy for Adolescent Somatization: A Naturalistic Feasibility Study
This study is the first to report on somatizing adolescents and their families offered EFT. (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - October 1, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Amrit K. Dhariwal, Ashley Miller, Anna Kristen, Sarah Kuhn Source Type: research
Shifting the Paradigm: How to Use Reflecting Teams as a Therapeutic Tool in Family Therapy
A reflecting team (RT) is an intervention, developed by Norwegian psychiatrist Tom Andersen, used in family therapy. It supports an integrated, collaborative, and multiperspective view of a family ’s experience. After observing a family therapy session, the team of therapists engage in a discussion driven by their observations as feedback to the family. The family then provides the clinicians with feedback on their observations. RTs are employed in teaching family therapy to psychiatry resi dents and other clinicians in training and serve to provide them with a unique and novel way to conceptualize family dynamics. (Sour...
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - October 1, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Noah Spector, Rishi Kapur, Marijana Jovanovic Tags: Workshop 37 Source Type: research
37.2 Family Therapy for Dysphoric Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth
Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) youth experience disproportionately high rates of depression, suicidality, and substance use as compared to their cisgender peers. Family environment and parental behaviors are known factors in the youths ’ well-being, yet family-based interventions targeting mood and gender-related challenges are lacking. This presentation will describe family-focused therapy adapted to these unique clinical needs and present initial data on youth depression, suicidality, and substance use in pilot participants. (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - October 1, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Natalie Ramos Source Type: research
Family Therapy Skills Boot Camp for Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists: Strategies to Optimize Your Family-Based Intervention Across Treatment Settings
Family intervention skills have an important place in the treatment of children and adolescents and should not be reserved for formal family therapy. The goal of this Extended Workshop is to provide family intervention techniques for the child and adolescent psychiatrist to learn and then practice through role play and small group debriefing of simulations. These techniques can be integrated into practice and applied to any clinical setting. (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - October 1, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Michelle L. Rickerby, Elizabeth H. Brannan, Daniel Spencer, Scott H. Shaffer, Pamela J. Mosher, Eric R. MacMaster Tags: Extended Workshop 1 Source Type: research
82.3 Family Therapy Training Models
Despite knowing that parental psychopathology is paramount in the predisposition to, and manifestation of, child psychopathology, few residents are taught to assess psychopathology in an entire family. Child and adolescent psychiatry training often focuses on identified pediatric patients, with rare formal diagnostic attention given to parents. Residents learn the link between parental and child psychopathology in theory, but rarely in practice. The same can be said for family treatment. Family therapy is highly valued by child and adolescent psychiatry fellows, yet most training programs provide limited teaching and super...
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - October 1, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mona Patel Potter Source Type: research
