The study determines the effectiveness of a sexuality-positive adolescent sexual offender treatment program and examines subsequent criminal recidivism in the three outcome groups (completed, withdrawn, referred). The sample consists of 122…
Papers in Family Therapy
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Numerous studies and clinical anecdotes reveal a relationship between attendance at A.A. meetings and/or degree of involvement in A.A. and maintenance of sobriety. Hypotheses as to how A.A. and/or the A.A. meeting is helpful to its members have…
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Content analysis of 23 American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Master Series tapes was used to determine how well feminist behaviors have been incorporated into "ideal" family therapy practice. Feminist behaviors were infrequent, being…
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OBJECTIVE: To determine which psychosocial, treatment, and demographic factors relate to the amount of perceived stress that infertile women and men experience. DESIGN: A cross-sectional, structured interview research design was used. SETTING:…
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The large volume and diversity of family therapy resources can often confuse trainees who are in need of more abbreviated guidelines for managing their clinical responsibilities. This paper presents a structured outline of a problem-oriented first…
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To increase calorie consumption of 5 mildly malnourished children with cystic fibrosis (CF), intervention was implemented in multiple baseline fashion across snack and three meals. Intervention involved nutritional education establishing gradually…
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This study examined the extent to which competence in applying behavioral procedures (time-out from positive reinforcement) was sufficient to establish competence in teaching others to apply the same procedures. During baseline, graduate students…
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BACKGROUND: Accumulating evidence shows the efficacy of the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA(B)) receptor agonist baclofen in reducing alcohol intake in rats, but no studies have been performed in alcoholics. In the present preliminary study we…
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With approximately one out of six married couples experiencing infertility, having a basic knowledge of infertility is important to marriage and family therapists. This paper presents important themes that infertile couples often struggle with and…
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PURPOSE: This article presents a model for research and practice that expands on the biopsychosocial model to include the spiritual concerns of patients. DESIGNS AND METHODS: Literature review and philosophical inquiry were used. RESULTS: The…
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Despite considerable public interest research in neurobiological correlates of pedophilia is scarce. Since amygdala activation is central for emotional valuation, arousal, and salience, we investigated the activation profile of this structure in 10…
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Topic of this study is the acquisition and documentation of all German services of early psychosocial interventions as well as the description of attributes of these care providers. On the basis of this attributes the quality of the offers is…
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This paper is a description of three family sessions with parents and their 19 year old and 17 year old sons. Their GP had referred the older son to the Family Institute, Cardiff as an "urgent" case saying that the son was taking LSD and cannabis…
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To complement recent articles in this journal on structural equation modeling (SEM) practice and principles by Martens and by Quintana and Maxwell, respectively, the authors offer a consumer's guide to SEM. Using an example derived from theory and…
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This paper describes a program to train community caregivers in mental health-related skills. The goal of the program was to enhance the participants' knowledge of family intervention techniques and to produce more favorable attitudes toward family…
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The controversy between the concepts of family therapy and systemic therapy is one issue to design a synergetic concept of brief therapy in the psychiatric treatment of children and adolescents. Some principles of the radical-constructivism,…
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This paper examines the effects of current practice in the investigation and treatment of documented incest abusers on the offenders and families involved. Fifteen offenders attending the Utah Parents United group completed a questionnaire on the…
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A computerized search of published abstracts in PsychInfo was conducted to obtain the frequency of annual citations since 1984 for six forms of psychotherapy. Cognitive-Behavioral therapies showed the most rapid increase over the past 16 years.…
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