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PublisherAmerican Psychological Association

ISBN-101433815184

ISBN-139781433815188

eBay Product ID (ePID)173780535

Product Key Features

Edition2

Book TitleMedical Family Therapy and Integrated Care

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEducation & Training, Pediatrics, Psychotherapy / Couples & Family, Family & General Practice, Applied Psychology, Diseases / General

Publication Year2013

IllustratorYes

FeaturesNew Edition

GenreHealth & Fitness, Psychology, Medical

AuthorWilliam J. Doherty, Jeri Hepworth, Susan H. Mcdaniel

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight29.8 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7.3 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2013-005537

ReviewsCreated to cross-reference the valuable insights of psychologists, physicians, family therapists, social workers, nurses, counselors, and therapists, Medical Family Therapy and Integrated Care examines how providers can standardize their terminology for more effective communication, and other practices to greatly improve collaborative efforts at treatment in settings ranging from community health centers to outpatient therapy or integrated health systems...Highly recommended, especially for health care professionals and college library collections. --Midwest Book Review|9781433815188|, Created to cross-reference the valuable insights of psychologists, physicians, family therapists, social workers, nurses, counselors, and therapists, Medical Family Therapy and Integrated Care examines how providers can standardize their terminology for more effective communication, and other practices to greatly improve collaborative efforts at treatment in settings ranging from community health centers to outpatient therapy or integrated health systems...Highly recommended, especially for health care professionals and college library collections.

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal616.89156

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

Table Of ContentForeword Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgments I. Foundations of Medical Family Therapy An Overview of Medical Family Therapy Clinical Strategies for Medical Family Therapy Collaboration With Other Health Professionals The Shared Emotional Themes of Illness The Self of the Medical Family Therapist Community Engagement II. Medical Family Therapy Across the Life Cycle Health Behaviors That Harm Couples and Illness Pregnancy Loss, Infertility, and Reproductive Technology Medical Family Therapy With Children Somatizing Patients and Their Families The Experience of Genomic Medicine: A New Frontier Caregiving, End of Life Care, and Loss III. Conclusion How Medical Family Therapists Can Contribute to the Transformation of Health Care Appendix: Profiles of Medical Family Therapists in Practice References Index About the Authors

SynopsisIn this thorough revision and update of their classic text, the authors describe the impact of recent economic and structural changes in health care on the role of the medical family therapist. They describe how medical and mental health providers can learn to speak the same language, whether they collaborate in outpatient therapy, co-location settings, community health centers, or fully-integrated health systems. They also take into account exciting new advances in fertility treatments and genomic medicine, and assess the medical family therapist's role in navigating the unique conflicts that can arise in families dealing with these and similar issues., The field of medical family therapy has grown by leaps and bounds since the authors' bestselling first edition was published in 1992. In this thorough revision and update of their classic text, the authors describe the impact of recent economic and structural changes in health care on the role of the medical family therapist. They describe how medical and mental health providers can learn to speak the same language, whether they collaborate in outpatient therapy, co-location settings, community health centres, or fully-integrated health systems. They also take into account exciting new advances in fertility treatments and genomic medicine, and assess the medical family therapist's role in navigating the unique conflicts that can arise in families dealing with these and similar issues., The field of medical family therapy has grown by leaps and bounds since the authors' bestselling Medical Family Therapy: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Families With Health Problems was published in 1992. In that book, the authors sought to bridge the gap between mental and physical health by introducing a systems-based approach that unites physicians, psychologists, family therapists, social workers, nurses, counsellors, and therapists of all theoretical orientations in working with families across a wide range of professional settings. In this thorough revision and update of their classic text, the authors describe the impact of recent economic and structural changes in health care on the role of the medical family therapist. They describe how medical and mental health providers can learn to speak the same language, whether they collaborate in outpatient therapy, co-location settings, community health centres, or fully-integrated health systems. They also take into account exciting new advances in fertility treatments and genomic medicine, and assess the medical family therapist's role in navigating the unique conflicts that can arise in families dealing with these and similar issues., This thorough update of a classic text describes the impact of recent economic and structural changes in health care on the role of the medical family therapist, and how medical and mental health providers can learn to collaborate in various settings.

LC Classification NumberRC488.5.M3928 2013