A Family Focused Approach to Serious Mental Illness:
Empirically Supported Interventions

Series Preface

Author's Preface

Abstract

Working With Families
   Rationale for Family-Focused Services
   Professional Practice With Families
   Engaging and Assessing Families
   The Family Service Plan
   Assisting Families

Promoting Recovery and Preventing Relapse
   The Vulnerability-Stress Model
   Promoting Recovery
   Preventing Relapse
   Stages of Relapse
   A Relapse Prevention Plan

The Family Experience of Mental Illness
   Family Burden
   Family Resilience
   Family Diversity
   Family Adaptation
   Mediating Variables
   Family Risks

Developing Family-Focused Services
   Overview of Family Services
   The Developmental Context
   The Three-Step Model

Family Interventions
   Family Consultation
   Family Support and Advocacy Groups
   Family Education
   Family Psychoeducation
   Counseling or Psychotherapy

Working With Individual Family Members
   Parents
   Spouses
   Siblings
   Offspring
   Implications for Intervention

Coping With Challenges
   Patient Challenges
   Family Challenges
   Professional Challenges
   Suggestions for Practitioners

Professional Issues
   Ethical and Legal Considerations
   Professional Competencies
   Confidentiality
   Relationships
   Informed Consent
   Diagnosis and Reimbursement
   Suggestions for Practitioners

Notes
   Working With Families
   Promoting Recovery
   The Family Experience of Mental Illness
   Developing Family Focused Services
   Family Interventions
   Working With Individual Family Members
   Coping With Challenges
   Professional Issues

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