• 2001 110pp paperback ISBN: 9781568870694
• A Practitioner's Resource Series Title
A succinct and practical guide for practitioners who work with families that include a member with serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression. Based on up-to-date research, this book outlines empirically supported family interventions that can meet the needs of the families who are dealing with the over 5 million adults who have a serious mental illness.
Reviews
"Families coping with severe mental illness need help in maintaining themselves as a support system for a loved one. In this valuable book, Diane Marsh offers a wealth of clinical tools based on empirical research and experimental realities, with specific attention to kinship diversity. This comprehensive training manual for mental health professionals is illuminated by respect for caring families and a powerful message of hope for improved prognosis and quality of life."
-Harriet P. Lefley, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral
Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
"Diane Marsh successfully synthesizes twenty-five years of research on family interventions for serious mental illness into a primer for clinicians who plan to work with this population. [Her] use of both a systemic and family developmental model elucidates the complex treatment issues for people who suffer from serious mental illness and their families. I found her integration of collaborative therapy models, utilization of family strengths, the latest understanding of the life course of mental illness, and the extensive consideration of the impact of parents, spouses, siblings, and offspring refreshing and long overdue. [This book] brings marriage and family therapists full circle by clearly articulating the role they can and must play in the provision of mental health services."
-William F. Northey, Jr., PhD, Research Specialist, American
Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Washington, DC
Table of Contents
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
References
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About the Author
Diane T. Marsh, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology at the University
of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. The recipient of numerous awards for her work
as a mental health advocate, she is a Fellow of the American Psychological
Association and a member of the APA Task Force on Serious Mental Illness
and Serious Emotional Disturbance. Dr. Marsh has written many articles for
a variety of professional journals. As author or editor, she has also published
several books, including Families and Mental Illness: New Directions in
Professional Practice; Families and Mental Retardation: New Directions in
Professional Practice; New Directions in the Psychological Treatment of Serious
Mental Illness; Ethical and Legal Issues in Professional Practice With Families;
Troubled Journey: Coming to Terms With the Mental Illness of a Sibling or
Parent; Serious Mental Illness and the Family: The Practitioner's Guide;
and The Role of the Family in Psychiatric Rehabilitation: A
Workbook.
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