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Psychotherapies at a Glance: Consensus Guideline-Recommended Psychotherapies for Adults With Psychiatric Disorders
Am J Psychother. 2024 Mar 15:appipsychotherapy20230004. doi: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20230004. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTClinical decision making by psychiatrists and informed consent by patients require knowledge of evidence-based psychotherapies (EBPs) and their indications. However, many mental health professionals are not versed in the empirical literature on EBPs or the consensus guideline recommendations derived from this literature. The authors compared rigorous national consensus guidelines for EBP treatment of DSM-defined adult psychiatric disorders-derived from well-conducted randomized controlled trials a...
Source: American Journal of Psychotherapy - March 15, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Paula Ravitz Luis E Flores Danielle Novick Priya Watson Holly A Swartz Source Type: research

The effect of child –parent relationship therapy‐based play support on parental stress and acceptance, and child behaviours in children who witness domestic violence: Randomized controlled study
This study is a randomized controlled study with pretest–posttest intervention and control groups. In the study, 20 mothers were in the intervention group, and 18 were in the control group. A 10-week CPRT-focused training program was applied to the interventi on group. After the training of the mothers in the intervention group was completed, 2-h training on communication skills was given to the mothers in the control group. The data include parents' reports through three surveys: the Parenting Stress Index (PSI), the Parental Acceptance-Rejection Parent al Form (PAR) and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ...
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - March 15, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yurdag ül Günaydin, Handan Zincir Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Dyadic Alliance Development Over the First Six Couple Therapy Sessions: The Roleof Relationship Adjustment, Symptom Distress, and Attachment
This study examined the development of the therapy alliance over the first six sessions of couple therapy using a dyadic latent growth curve. The role of relationship adjustment, symptom distress, and attachment to alliance development were also examined. Participants were 165 couples in a treatment-as-usual setting. The alliance increased over the first six therapy sessions for males and females with males following a curvilinear pattern of growth. Additionally, female relationship adjustment was related to initial alliance levels for females while symptom distress was related to female alliance development. Male attachme...
Source: Contemporary Family Therapy - March 13, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

A Systematic Review of Multisystemic Therapy in Adolescent Sex Offenders
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2024 Mar 11;52(1):51-60. doi: 10.29158/JAAPL.230117-23.ABSTRACTMultisystemic therapy (MST) is an intense, family-focused, community-based treatment designed for youth with criminal behaviors. Literature on its usefulness among juvenile sexual offenders (JSOs) remains limited. We conducted a systematic review of published studies assessing effectiveness of MST among JSOs. A comprehensive search of published studies, using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, was undertaken using multiple databases. Search terms included "multisystemic therapy" ...
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law - March 11, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Ritvij Satodiya Adam Bied Kaushal Shah Tapan Parikh Peter Ash Source Type: research