Medical Family Therapy and Integrated Care:

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ISBN: 9781433815188

ISBN-10: 1433815184

ISBN-13: 9781433815188

Edition: 2013

Authors: Susan H. McDaniel, William J. Doherty, Jeri Hepworth

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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…

Book details

Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 368
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English



Foreword


Preface to the First Edition


Preface to the Second Edition


Acknowledgments



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



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



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