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Medical family therapy: an emerging arena for family therapy

Year: 1994

Type: article

Abstract: This paper describes an important recent development in American family therapy. Medical family therapy uses a biopsychosocial systems model to work with families who have a member with a chronic illness or disability. The authors maintain that family therapy has tended to embrace the mind–body split and to view itself too narrowly as a mental health specialty. Medical family therapists work collaboratively with physicians and other health professionals to help families achieve a sense of agency and communion in facing some of the greatest challenges that life brings.

Source: Journal of Family Therapy

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6427.1994.00775.x

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

Institutions: University of Minnesota, University of Rochester Medicine, University of Rochester, University of Connecticut, UConn Health

Language: English

Topic: Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2012927111

FWCI: 3.1

Cites: 27

Cited by: 62

Related to: 10