Below
is a list of references. This list only covers some areas (e.g. I have largely
omitted child based problems - there is a considerable literature on a variety
of family interventions in conduct disorder, and the like see the review by
Alan Carr in the latest issue of JFT (spring 2000). There is also a good
general review by Pinsoff & Wynne in the Journal of Marital and Family
Therapy in 1995.
Pinsoff,
W. M., & Wynne, L. C. (1995). The
efficacy of marital and family therapy: An overview, conclusions, and
recommendations. Journal of Marital and
Family Therapy, 21, 585-613.
Another,
older book which talks about research in MFT is: Wynne, L. C. (1988). An overview of the sate of the art: What
should be expected in current family therapy research. New York: Family Process Press.
These
two references, especially the first one, should provide a general overview of
how things stand in terms of Family Therapy research. In the (1995) special issue of JMFT, each article discusses the
efficacy of different systemic therapies for different disorders, compared to
individual or behavioural therapies, as well as discussions of cost
effectiveness.
Additional resources include:
Bohart,
A. C., O'Hara, M., Leitner, L. M. (1998). Empirically violated treatments:
Disenfranchisement of humanistic and other psychotherapies. Psychotherapy Research,
8, 2, 141-157.
Crits-Christoph,
P., & Mintz, J. (1991). Implications of therapist effects for the design
and analysis of comparative studies of psychotherapies. Journal of Consulting
and Clinical Psychology, 59, 20-26.
Elliott,
R. (1998). Editor's introduction: A guide to empirically supported treatments
controversy. Psychotherapy Research, 8, 2, 115-125.
Gale,
J. & Kogan, S. (Winter, 1996-1997).
The local accomplishment of power: Dialogic selves in participation.
AFTA Newsletter, 67, 19-20.
Henry,
W. P. (1998). Science, politics, and the politics of science: The use and
misuses of empirically validated treatment research. Psychotherapy Research, 8,
2, 126-140.
Lambert,
M. J. (1989) The individual therapist's contribution to psychotherapy process
and outcome. Clinical Psychology Review, 9, 469-485.
Lambert,
M. J., & Bergin, A. E. (1994). The effectiveness of psychotherapy. In A. E.
Bergin & S. L. Garfield (Eds.) Handbook of psychotherapy and behaviour
change (4th edition). (pp. 143-189). New York: Wiley.
Shapiro,
D. A. et al (1994). The high-water mark of the drug metaphor: A meta-analytic
critique of process-outcome research. (pp. 1-35). In R. L. Russell's (Ed.).
Reassessing psychotherapy research. New York: Guildford Press.
Stiles,
W. B., & Shapiro, D. A. (1989). Abuse of drug metaphor in psychotherapy
process-outcome research. Clinical
Psychology Review, 9, 521-543.
There
is also the extensive evidence base for the 'psycho-educational' approaches.
Grainne Fadden, one of the leading UK advocates, published a review in the Journal of Family Therapy vol.
20 (1998) 293-309.
Incidentally,
when talking to folk from psychiatry in the UK, you might like to refer to a
very comprehensive and well-organised text, "The Family in Clinical Psychiatry". It's co-authored by an eminent group of
psychiatrists. Published by Oxford Uni.
Press in 1994. (May well be in your
local Medical library.)
Specific diagnostic areas within family therapy have also been researched.
Nugter
A, et al (1997) Family treatment, expressed emotion and relapse in recent onset
schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research. 29, 23-31
De
Giacomo P, et al (1997) Schizophrenia: a study comparing a family therapy group
following a paradoxical model plus psycho drugs and a group treated by the
conventional clinical approach. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 95,183-8
Schooler
NR, et al (1997) Relapse and re-hospitalisation during maintenance treatment of
schizophrenia. The effects of dose reduction and family treatment. Arch Gen
psychiatry, 54, 453-63
McFarlane
WR, et al (1996) A comparison of two levels of family aided assertive community
treatment. Psychiatric Services. 47,
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Penn
DL, Mueser KT (1996) Research update on the psychosocial treatment of
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Mari
JJ, Streiner DL (1994) An overview of family interventions and relapse on
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J et al(1989) A trial of family therapy v. a relatives group for schizophrenia
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MJ, et al (1978) Drug and family therapy in the aftercare of acute
schizophrenics. Arch Gen Psychiatry, 35, 1169-77
Leff,
J.,et al (2000) The London Depression Intervention Trial: An RCT of
antidepressants versus couple therapy in the treatment and maintenance of
depressed people with a partner: clinical outcome and costs. British Journal of
Psychiatry, (in press).
Beach
SRH and O'Leary K. (1992) Treating Depression in the Context of Marital
Discord: Outcome and Predictors of Response of Marital Therapy Versus Cognitive
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Beach
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Jacobson
NS, et al (1991) Marital therapy as a treatment for depression, Journal of
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O'Leary
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Teichman
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Russell
GFM, et al (1987). An evaluation of
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Robin,
AL et al (1994) Family therapy versus individual therapy for adolescent females
with anorexia nervosa. Journal of Developmental & Behavioural Paediatrics,
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Dodge
E, et al (1995) Family therapy for bulimia nervosa in adolescents: an
exploratory study. Journal of Family Therapy, 17, 59-78.
Eisler
I, et al (1997) Family and individual therapy for anorexia nervosa: A 5-year
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Robin,
AL et al (1999) A controlled comparison of family versus individual therapy for
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C, et al (2000) Psychological therapies for adult patients with Anorexia
nervosa: A randomised controlled trial of outpatient treatments.
(Submitted
for publication)
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MD & Shadish, WR (1997) Outcome, attrition, and family couples treatment
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