The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy, Systemic Family Therapy and Global Health Issues

Volume IV of The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy considers family-level interventions for issues of global public health. Information on the effectiveness of relational treatment is included along with consideration of the most appropriate modality for treatment. Developed in partnership with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), it will appeal to clinicians, such as couple, marital, and family therapists, counselors, psychologists, social workers, and psychiatrists. It will also benefit researchers, educators, and graduate students involved in CMFT.

Karen S. Wampler, PhD, retired as Professor and Chair of the Human Development and Family Studies department at Michigan State University. She previously served as Department Chair, Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) Program Director, and the C. R. and Virginia Hutcheson Professor at Texas Tech University.  Prior to that, she developed and directed the MFT Program at the University of Georgia. Her research focused on applying attachment theory to couple interaction, family therapy process research, and observational measures of relationships. A past editor of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, she received the AAMFT Contribution to MFT, NCFR Distinguished Service to Family Therapy, and NCFR Kathleen Briggs Mentor Awards.

Mudita Rastogi, PhD, practices at Aspire Consulting and Therapy as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, grant consultant, coach, and educator. She is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor and Clinical Fellow, having practiced in both India and the US. She is a former Professor at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Program Director for the SAMHSA‐funded Minority Fellowship Program at AAMFT, Associate Editor for the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Editor of Multicultural Couple Therapy and Voices of Color, and Associate Editor for the Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. She is a founding member of the Indian Association for Family Therapy, with interest in diversity, inclusion, global mental health, parenting, and child‐free couples.

Reenee Singh, DSysPsych, is the Chief Executive of the Association of Family Therapy and Systemic Practice in the UK. She is a Consultant Family and Systemic Psychotherapist, currently working at the Child and Family Practice, where she founded the London Intercultural Couples Centre and serves as a Director. Reenee is a Visiting Professor in the School of Psychology, University of Bergamo, Italy, and is the past editor of the Journal of Family Therapy. She is the author of three books (one forthcoming) and numerous academic publications in the areas of “race,” culture, and qualitative research. Reenee has taught worldwide and presents her research at national and international conferences.

About the Editors xi

The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy

List of Contributors xv

Preface xxix

Volume 4 Preface xxxii

Systemic Family Therapy and Global Health Issues

Foreword xxxv

Part I Overview 1

1 A Systemic Conceptualization of Interventions with Families in a Global Context 3
Mudita Rastogi

2 Family‐Based Mental Health Services in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries 33
Jo Ellen Patterson, Todd M. Edwards, Susanna Vakili, and Hana H. Abu‐Hassan

3 The Glocal Family: Exploring Its International Variations Using a Family Systems Framework 49
Shaifali Sandhya

4 Culturally Sensitive Measures of Family Therapy 77
Peter Stratton and David C. Low

5 Whose Culture Is It Anyway? A Social Constructionist Approach to Researching Families 103
Tom Strong, Inés Sametband, Joaquín Gaete-Silva, and Sofia Lopez Bilbao

6 Ambiguous Loss: Theory‐Based Guidelines for Therapy with Individuals, Families, and Communities 127
Carla M. Dahl and Pauline Boss

Part II Severe Family Disruption 153

7 The Ecology of Family Violence: Treating Cultural Contexts and Relationship Processes 155
Jason B. Whiting, Lisa V. Merchant, Angela B. Bradford, and Douglas B. Smith

8 Families in Chronically Unsafe Community Environments: Experiences in Northern Ireland and Palestine 191
Gwyn Daniel, Arlene Healey, and Mohammad Marie

9 Global Mental Health, Traumatic Stress, and Displaced Families 215
Elizabeth Wieling, Damir S. Utr?an, Alyssa Banford Witting, and Desiree M. Seponski

Part III Mental and Substance‐Use Disorders: A Systemic Context 243

10 Global Epidemiology, Etiology, and Treatment: Depressive and Anxiety Disorders Across the Lifespan 245
Andrea K. Wittenborn, E. Megan Lachmar, Patricia Huerta, Erica A. Mitchell, and Chi‐Fang Tseng

11 Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress, and Family Systems 267
Briana S. Nelson Goff, Lauren M. Ruhlmann, Rachel Dekel, and Sydni A. J. Huxman

12 Systemic Family Work in the Context of Severe Mental Illnesses: Three Approaches and Evidence Perspectives 297
Matthias Ochs, Bernhild Pfautsch, Jochen Schweitzer, Volkmar Aderhold, Ulrike Borst, and Lauren Cubellis

13 A Systemic Understanding of Addiction Formation and the Recovery Process 325
Thomas G. Kimball, Sterling T. Shumway, Spencer D. Bradshaw, and Kristy L. Soloski

14 Systemic Treatment of Eating Disorders Across the Life Cycle 357
Deanna Linville and Adrian J. Blow

Part IV Health Across the Lifespan 383

15 Working with Chronic Medical Conditions 385
Jenny Altschuler

16 Autism and Systemic Family Therapy 407
Gail Simon, Mairi Evans, Francisco Urbistondo Cano, Sarah L. Helps, and Ingrid Vlam

17 “Minding the Family:” Systemic Family Therapy Approaches to Neurological Disorders 433
Max Zubatsky, John S. Rolland, and Danielle L. Boisvert

18 Functional Symptoms and Disorders 459
Ditte Roth Hulgaard

19 Systemic Interventions for Prevention with HIV‐Positive Individuals 479
Mona Mittal, Shyneice C. Porter, and Izidora Skračić ́

20 Aging Adults Needing Care: Interventions to Respond to Family Needs and Stress 501
Tazuko Shibusawa and Tessa Jones

21 Life‐Limiting Conditions and Palliative Care 521
Liz Forbat, Louise Anthias, and Christine Anne Palmer

Part V Future Directions 547

22 Systemic Family Therapy and Global Mental Health: Reflections on Professional Development and Training 549
Laurie L. Charlés and Saliha Bava

23 Letters to the Field: Voices from Underrepresented Systemic Family Therapists 569
Elizabeth Wieling, Janet M. Derrick, Lekie Dwanyen, Ana Rocío Escobar‐Chew, Reham F. Gassas, Paul O. Orieny, Karlin J. Tichenor, Corey E. Yeager, and Cigdem Yumbul

24 Global Perspectives: Taking Systemic Family Therapy Forward into Globally Diverse Contexts 601
Timothy Sim and Michal Shamai

Index 625

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