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EShoppingMallclusive Mortgage Leads Myth Or Reality?
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EShoppingMallclusive Mortgage Leads Myth Or Reality? By Mark greig EShoppingMallclusive Mortgage Myth or Reality?EShoppingMallclusive mortgage can help boost your business but how do you know if they are really eShoppingMallclusive? There are a few things you can do to make sure.When it comes to running a mortgage business, one thing is for sure: the more marketing strategies you pursue, the better your odds of being successful. Buying eShoppingMallclusive mortgage leads is one avenue you can take. Rather than depending solely on the business you can drum up on your own, you can supplement your clientele with you buy from a mortgage lead generation company.This sounds great, you say but how do you know the you pay for will actually result in new loans for you? The answer is that you don't, but you can increase your chances of making a sale by ensuring that your are eShoppingMallclusive meaning that you are the only business who buys them. High quality, eShoppingMallclusive mortgage have been known to close at rates as high as 15%. However, many lead generation firms sell each lead to a variety of different mortgage brokers, which sharply decreases your chances of making a sale.The biggest disappointment can be purchasing what you believe to be eShoppingMallclusive mortgage leads, but finding when you follow up on the lead that someone else has beaten you to the punch or you are competing against siShoppingMall other loan officers. Many brokers have been disillusioned in this manner. How does this happen? The problem is that although many lead generation companies market "eShoppingMallclusive" they also offer that are sold to multiple brokers at the same time. Some times you order the wrong product, some times it's the fine print and most times it's an unscrupulous vendor that stills sells your eShoppingMallclusive lead to others.The problem with non-eShoppingMallclusive mortgage is that the more brokers who have the same information, the less likely it is that you will make the sale. This is why conversion rates for most are in the 2-3% range. And if you are lucky enough to get the loan, often it is a very competitive situation which means lower yield spread premiums. Thus the low price that initially attracted you turns out to be less of a good deal than you thought. Not to mention you are wasting a lot of time chasing 97-98% of those that go no where.But with the proliferation of websites where brokers compete for borrowers' business, are eShoppingMallclusive mortgage even a reality any longer? The answer is yes if you know where and how to look for them. Here are a few tips for ensuring those "eShoppingMallclusive" mortgage are really what they claim to be:Read every piece of promotional material you can get your hands on. When you are looking for eShoppingMallclusive mortgage leads, the worst thing you can do is to simply skim the main page of a company's website. A well-marketed company will always put their best foot forward on their home page that's how they hook customers. However, you may find as you read more of their materials that the deal isn't quite as good as they portrayed it in the beginning. That's why it is so important to do your homework before making a decision.Ask questions. Sometimes the information provided on a website will not answer all of your questions. If there is any doubt in your mind, ASK. Often what is not said is more important than what is. Ask what eShoppingMallclusive really means. Ask to see a sample eShoppingMallclusive lead.Read your contract. Reading every word before you sign is a good habit to get into. If you are buying eShoppingMallclusive mortgage leads, you want to be sure that you contract doesn't call for shared or non-eShoppingMallclusive mortgage leads. If you do find an inconsistency, it doesn't mean the company is shady for instance, since some lead generation companies sell multiple types of leads, the person who prepared your contract may have selected the wrong option. However, since the company may hold you to your contract once you have signed it, you should always double check for mistakes before agreeing to anything.EShoppingMallclusively, eShoppingMallclusive leads. Look for a lead generation company that only develops eShoppingMallclusive leads. Buying from an aggregator is the
surest path to disappointment. If possible, try to purchase from a lead generator based in the United States. They are rare, but you can find them. This way you know the odds of a "mistake" are drastically reduced.If you're in the market for eShoppingMallclusive mortgage leads, don't be caught flying blind! You will have better success with your if you understand which type will benefit you most, and know the right questions to ask.Vertical Measures is a lead generation company that specializes in developing high quality, eShoppingMallclusive mortgage leads for mortgage brokers in the United States
Creativity and effectiveness in family therapy (Source: Journal of Family Therapy)<p> </p><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Find out how you can <a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/medicalsponsorship.php" target="_self">get your message across here</a> by sponsoring this MedWorm news feed.</p> The effectiveness of family therapy and systemic interventions for child-focused problems This review updates a similar paper published in the Journal of Family Therapy in 2001. It presents evidence from meta-analyses, systematic literature reviews and controlled trials for the effectiveness of systemic interventions for families of children and adolescents with various difficulties. In this context, systemic interventions include both family therapy and other family-based approaches such as parent training. The evidence supports the effectiveness of systemic interventions either alone or as part of multimodal programmes for sleep, feeding and attachment problems in infancy; child abuse and neglect; conduct problems (including childhood behavioural difficulties, ADHD, delinquency and drug abuse); emotional problems (including anxiety, depression, grief, bipolar disorder and sui... The effectiveness of family therapy and systemic interventions for adult-focused problems This review updates a similar paper published in this Journal in 2000. It presents evidence from meta-analyses, systematic literature reviews and controlled trials for the effectiveness of couples and family therapy for adults with various relationship and mental health problems. The evidence supports the effectiveness of systemic interventions, either alone or as part of multimodal programmes, for relationship distress, psychosexual problems, domestic violence, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, alcohol abuse, schizophrenia and adjustment to chronic physical illness. (Source: Journal of Family Therapy) Effectiveness research: a view from the usa (Source: Journal of Family Therapy) Looking again at the team dimension in systemic psychotherapy: is attending to group process a critical context for practice? Team work and group supervision are essential features of the systemic model, yet there is surprisingly little literature on the impact of group process on both group supervision and team-based therapy. Beginning with two vignettes which evoke some aspects of group process and are based on the personal experiences of the authors, this paper will review the literature on working in teams from within a systemic perspective.1Early models of teams and group processes within the literature will be criticized for their over-reliance on technique; more recent models for their over-reliance on collaboration. It will be argued that some systemic approaches to understanding teams can lead to group process issues becoming marginalized and covert, and therefore inevitably more difficult to address. Ho... Life-threatening food refusal in two nine-year-old girls: re-thinking the maudsley model While there is growing evidence for the efficacy of the Maudsley model of family-based treatment for anorexia nervosa, little is known concerning the most effective treatment for pre-adolescents with Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS). The presentation of case studies of children with EDNOS is important. Large-scale studies are difficult due to low incidence and the application of homogenous manualized approaches may be unsuitable to the wide range of potential disorders. The aim of this article is to present two detailed case studies of children with food avoidant emotional disorder, both presenting with life threatening food refusal. A flexible and individualized approach to family therapy was taken, resulting in the resumption of eating in less than seven weeks and four mo...<p> </p><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Find out how you can <a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/medicalsponsorship.php" target="_self">get your message across here</a> by sponsoring this MedWorm news feed.</p> Book review: d. hughes, attachment-focused family therapy. new york: norton, 2007. 288 pp. isbn 0393705269 (Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry) Project: shift. self-harm intervention, family therapy: a randomised controlled trial of family therapy vs. treatment as usual for young people seen after second or subsequent episodes of self-harm. Chief Investigator: Professor David Cottrell, Dean of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of LeedsResearch Type: Primary Research (e.g. trial)ICD Chapters: Mental illnessKey Areas: Children and younger people, mental healthInterventions: PsychologyResearch Type: Primary Research (e.g. trial)Expected publication date: Early 2016HTA project ref: 07/33/01 (Source: HTA Programme - New projects and publications) Comparisons of prevention programs for homeless youth Abstract There are six HIV prevention programs for homeless youth whose efficacy has been or is currently being evaluated: STRIVE,
the Community Reinforcement Approach, Strengths-Based Case Management, Ecologically-Based Family Therapy, Street Smart, and
AESOP (street outreach access to resources). Programs vary in their underlying framework and theoretical models for understanding
homelessness. All programs presume that the youths? families lack the ability to support their adolescent child. Some programs
deemphasize family involvement while others focus on rebuilding connections among family members. The programs either normalize
current family conflicts or, alternatively, provide education about the importance of parental monitoring. All programs aim
to reduce HIV-rel... Obsessive compulsive foundation 2009 research awards The Obsessive Compulsive Foundation 2009 Research Awards
The Obsessive Compulsive Foundation invites investigators to submit grant applications for the 2009 OCF Research Awards. Topics Of Interest The OC Foundation is committed to finding and promoting "Effective Treatment for Everyone." To further this mission the Foundation is interested in funding research into the brain, its chemistry, structure and functioning; basic neurobiology; the genetics of OCD; its epidemiology, as well as all aspects of OCD and the OC Spectrum Disorders that will lead to prevention and treatment advances.
Topics of Interest To further its goal of "Effective Treatment for Everyone" the OCF wants to sponsor research on the following topics and areas (the list is not exhaustive, but is desig... Core components of therapy in youth: do we know what to disseminate? Discussion of treatment dissemination follows, focusing on the value of basic research on core psychotherapeutic techniques and processes. (Source: Behavior Modification)<p> </p><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Find out how you can <a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/medicalsponsorship.php" target="_self">get your message across here</a> by sponsoring this MedWorm news feed.</p> The family institute at northwestern university presents its generalized anxiety disorder research project The Anxiety and Panic Treatment Program of The Family Institute at Northwestern University, a premier center for couple and family therapy, community outreach, education and research, announces its generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) research project. The primary focus of the GAD research project is on improving the effectiveness of treatment for GAD. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today) Family interventions in adolescent anorexia nervosa. Family Interventions in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa.
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2009 Jan;18(1):159-173
Authors: le Grange D, Eisler I
Although our understanding of the mechanisms of change in eating disorder treatment remain limited, the empiric evidence for the effectiveness of family therapy for adolescent Anorexia Nervosa is gaining strength. A history of family involvement in psychiatric care, current approaches to family intervention in eating disorders and evidence for their efficacy are reviewed.
PMID: 19014864 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America) Coming events, jottings and announcements Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) 29(4): ii-ii (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT)) Psychotherapy and self-help for bipolar disorder Bipolar disorder is usually considered a long-term, often chronic mental health condition requiring long-term treatment. Most people with bipolar disorder receive treatment through a prescription medication, such as lithium, Depakote, or an atypical antipsychotic. But medication is often only half the equation, because medication only works when it’s taken as prescribed by the psychiatrist. People with bipolar disorder often discontinue their medication on their own, complaining of the side effects or feeling like they no longer need it.
Psychotherapy for Bipolar Disorder
Psychotherapy can be helpful for someone grappling with bipolar disorder, because it can help the person learn to deal with the psychological aspects of this disorder that aren’t helped by the medication. Th... Swimming against the tide: 1997-2008 Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) 29(4): iii-iv (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT))<p> </p><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Find out how you can <a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/medicalsponsorship.php" target="_self">get your message across here</a> by sponsoring this MedWorm news feed.</p> The cultural imperatives of professionalism: who's protecting whom? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) 29(4): 177-183 Abstract What does it mean to be a professional therapist? This paper explores some of the personal and cultural pressures that influence how we see ourselves as professional therapists. It then explores how these pressures impact upon our capacity to protect children and ourselves. (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT)) Hunger strike or medical disorder? is anorexia caught in our flawed dichotomy between body and mind? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) 29(4): 184-190 Abstract From a philosophic perspective on clinical practice, anorexic women and their therapists are at risk of being caught in the dichotomy between mind and body that has characterised Western thought, at least since Descartes. If doctors and patients collude in an obsession over weight and refeeding, arising from this flawed dichotomy, it may lead to flawed treatment. Patients describe eating restriction/going on hunger strike as a desperate attempt to achieve a sense of self that can develop into an addiction to the starving state. The extent to which contemporary treatments address these issues is examined. (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT)) Method in the madness: the strategic uses of absurdity and the unexpected in psychotherapy This article explores some of the uses of absurdity and the unexpected in psychotherapy. Case examples are used to ground the discussion of some key ideas that inform an understanding of how absurdity and the unexpected might serve as catalysts or primers for change in the psychotherapeutic context. Erickson's confusion technique and some ideas derived from Bateson's understanding of cybernetics also serve an explanatory purpose. (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT)) The paths not taken: the use of cybernetic explanation to describe the process of a first interview Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) 29(4): 201-210 Abstract Ideally, therapeutic practice and the underpinning theories which guide our activity are closely linked, yet in everyday work it is sometimes difficult to directly connect one to the other. The following transcript and commentary aim to closely align the systemic, cybernetic ideas drawn from the work of Gregory Bateson with the practical activity of the therapist. It draws on ideas of therapeutic system, negative explanation and restraint to provide a micro-analysis of a segment of an interview with a woman and her two children who have shared horrific experiences. (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT)) Exploring: an essay Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) 29(4): 211-215 Abstract Exploring is the optimum mindset for the psychotherapist. From the outset, the project of Family Therapy offered both personal and theoretical support for this position. But have we lost the excitement of exploration in the conservative, correct and individually oriented world in which we practise? And does our style of communication hinder more than refresh us? (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT))<p> </p><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Find out how you can <a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/medicalsponsorship.php" target="_self">get your message across here</a> by sponsoring this MedWorm news feed.</p> Why is charles always so unhappy?! Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) 29(4): 216-218 (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT)) Bargaining with time: an interview with helen pavlin Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) 29(4): 219-223 Abstract Helen Pavlin is an accredited mental health social worker and family therapist and accredited family dispute resolution practitioner in private practice in Darwin. She has been involved in social work and family therapy since the early 1970s in Australia and internationally. In 1996 she received the 50th Anniversary Commemorative Medal from the Australian Association of Social Workers. She is one of the assessors and associate editors for the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy. In 2007 Helen received the Journal Award for her outstanding contribution to the family therapy field in Australia. She is an accomplished writer and a member of the Australian Society of Authors. Her poems and bo... Prioritising needs in the context of chronic illness Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) 29(4): 224-225 (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT)) The jacket Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) 29(4): 226-226 (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT)) Australian family therapists' award for children's literature Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) 29(4): 227-227 (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT))<p> </p><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Find out how you can <a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/medicalsponsorship.php" target="_self">get your message across here</a> by sponsoring this MedWorm news feed.</p> 2008 president's report Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) 29(4): 228-229 (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT)) Independent comment on audio-visual and print materials Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) 29(4): 230-233 Abstract Nonverbal Learning Disabilities: A Clinical Perspective. Joseph Palombo, NY, Norton, 2006. Hard cover. pp. 321. US$55.95 ISBN 0393707485. Intellectual Disabilities: A Systemic Approach. Sandra Baum and Henrik Lynggaard (Eds). Foreword by Tom Andersen. London, Karnac, 2006. Soft Cover. Pp. 228. ISBN 1-85575-316-2. f18.99. When Marriages Fail: Systemic Family Therapy Intervention and Issues. Craig A. Everett & Robert E. Lee (Eds). NY, Haworth, 2006. Soft Cover. pp. 314. ISBN: 978-0-7890-2863-1. US$34.95. The Present Moment in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life. Daniel M. Stern. NY, Norton, 2004. Hardback. ISBN: 0-393-70429-7. US$29.95. Children in Therapy: Using the Family as a Resource. Everett C. Bailey (Ed.... Feedback for anzjft Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) 29(4): 234-234 (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT)) See the consolidated index to all 29 volumes on our website: www.anzjft.com Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) 29(4): 235-236 (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT)) Dysthymia treatment There are a number of effective treatment approaches to help treat dysthymic disorder (also known as dysthymia). Often times a person with dysthymia will seek out treatment because of increased stress or personal difficulties which may be situationally-related. Only after a careful diagnostic interview is conducted (or after a few therapy sessions) may the chronic nature of the problem become apparent.
The best treatment approach for people with dysthymia appears to be a combination approach — psychotherapy combined with antidepressant medication. One large multisite study in the New England Journal of Medicine by Keller and colleagues (2000), for instance, had patients randomly assigned to one of three treatments: a depression-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) program, the...<p> </p><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Find out how you can <a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/medicalsponsorship.php" target="_self">get your message across here</a> by sponsoring this MedWorm news feed.</p> African-american children affected by family problems more than other races It is a common belief that girls tend to internalize their problems, becoming depressed or anxious, while boys externalize their problems, turning to violence against people or property. A new study in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy found that this idea did not hold for African-American youth who were in the juvenile justice system. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today) Family problems affect african-american children more than other races (Wiley-Blackwell) A new study in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy found that for African-American youth, internalization or externalization of problems depends not on gender but on what is happening within their families. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science) [reviews and overviews] adjunctive psychotherapy for bipolar disorder: state of the evidence CONCLUSIONS: Adjunctive psychotherapy enhances the symptomatic and functional outcomes of bipolar disorder over 2-year periods. The various modalities differ in content, structure, and associated mediating mechanisms. Treatments that emphasize medication adherence and early recognition of mood symptoms have stronger effects on mania, whereas treatments that emphasize cognitive and interpersonal coping strategies have stronger effects on depression. The placement of psychotherapy within chronic care algorithms and its role as a preventative agent in the early stages of the disorder deserve investigation. (Source: Am J Psychiatry) Practitioner review: adolescent alcohol use disorders: assessment and treatment issues. Conclusions: Given the high rate of relapse after treatment, evaluation of combined psychosocial and pharmacological interventions, and the development of novel intervention strategies are indicated.
PMID: 19017028 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry) Perceptions of infidelity vary by gender A new study in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy explored how men and women perceive online and offline sexual and emotional infidelity. Results show that men felt sexual infidelity was more upsetting and women felt emotional infidelity was more upsetting. Monica T. Whitty and Laura-Lee Quigley of Queen's University Belfast surveyed 112 undergraduate students and asked them questions about sexual and emotional infidelity both offline and on the internet. (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today)<p> </p><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Find out how you can <a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/medicalsponsorship.php" target="_self">get your message across here</a> by sponsoring this MedWorm news feed.</p> Gender affects perceptions of infidelity (Wiley-Blackwell) A new study in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy explored how men and women perceive online and offline sexual and emotional infidelity. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science) Core components of therapy in youth: do we know what to disseminate? Discussion of treatment dissemination follows, focusing on the value of basic research on core psychotherapeutic techniques and processes.
PMID: 18955540 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Behavior Modification) Family therapy and the head of janus (Source: Journal of Family Therapy) [research articles] reinventing family therapy: teaching family intervention as a new treatment modality CONCLUSION: Family intervention is an important clinical process in child and adolescent psychiatry, and contemporary education must address the multiple ways clinicians can assist families. Future models will be successful to the degree they build on the past contributions of systems thinking and include the perspectives of developmental psychopathology. Contemporary education should teach that family interventions are not optional but ideally can be integrated with other interventions in a sequential manner, emphasizing the interrelationship between self and system. (Source: Acad Psychiatry) Therapeutic challenges of multi-being This paper emerges from an attempt to shift the locus of understanding human action from the individual to relationship. In doing so we come to see persons as multi-beings, that is, as constituted within multiple relationships from which they emerge with multiple, incoherent, and often conflicting potentials. Therapy, in this context, becomes a collaborative relationship with the aim of transforming the client's broader relational network. In this view, schooling in a singular practice of therapy artificially limits the therapist's potential, and thus the possible outcomes of the client[ndash]therapist relationship. Invited, then, is a reflective eclecticism, in which the myriad potentials of both the therapist and client are considered in tandem. This view is illustrated by contrasting th...<p> </p><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Find out how you can <a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/medicalsponsorship.php" target="_self">get your message across here</a> by sponsoring this MedWorm news feed.</p> Exploring levinas: the ethical self in family therapy From a systemic perspective, people are relational beings located in wider systems of interaction, conversation and meaning. As for social constructionists, the self is positioned and storied through language and dialogue. Yet is the self no more than the multiple conversations and relations it enters into? Systemic therapists informed by psychoanalytic thinking describe a reflective self, responsive to inner conversation about emotional experience (Flaskas, 2005). Those working in mental health services contend with the biological and 'cognitive-mindful' self. Perhaps the self can be defined in many ways or languages as a deconstructive both/and. In this paper the systemic, relational or dialogic self in family therapy is discussed from the perspective of the ethical philosophy of Emmanue... Emotional dances: therapeutic dialogues as embodied systems This article proposes to consider the role of emotions in therapeutic dialogue to solve this dilemma within the field of systemic therapy. (Source: Journal of Family Therapy) Systemic therapy and attachment narratives In this paper we describe how we bring together three major systems of thought: attachment theory; family systems theories; and theories of narrative development, in an integrated approach to systemic practice that we call attachment narrative therapy (ANT). ANT provides a four-stage framework for practice: creating a secure base; exploring narratives and attachment experiences within a systemic framework; considering alternatives and taking action; and the future and maintenance of the therapeutic base. Formulation, especially regarding the role of emotions and attachments in family dynamics and narratives, is at the heart of our approach and helps us hold ourselves accountable for our particular weave of theory and practice. (Source: Journal of Family Therapy) Beyond a single standard: levels of evidence approach for evaluating marriage and family therapy research and practice Randomized clinical trial (RCT) research has come to dominate the research landscape of marriage and family therapy (MFT). Despite becoming the 'gold standard' for evaluating clinical research and clinical practices, there is a growing debate regarding the reliance on RCTs as the primary basis for evaluating clinical intervention in MFT. Given the natural diversity of clients, settings and clinical problems faced by practitioners and the relational and recursive interactional process of MFT, one of the major challenges for the field of MFT will be to come to grips with the research[ndash]practice gap by moving beyond a single methodological standard through adopting a 'levels of evidence' approach as a framework that promotes diverse research methods, different methodological criteria (dep... The cost-effectiveness of family therapy: a summary and progress report This paper provides a summary of the cost-effectiveness research for family therapy. Data were available from four different sources in the United States: (1) a health maintenance organization with 180,000 subscribers; (2) the Medicaid system of the State of Kansas; (3) CIGNA Behavioral Health, a division of a health insurance company with nine million subscribers; and (4) a family therapy training clinic. Results suggest that family therapy reduces the number of healthcare visits, especially for high utilizers. The studies suggest that including family therapy as a treatment option does not significantly increase healthcare costs. (Source: Journal of Family Therapy)<p> </p><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Find out how you can <a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/medicalsponsorship.php" target="_self">get your message across here</a> by sponsoring this MedWorm news feed.</p> Training family therapy students in conceptual and observation skills relating to the therapeutic alliance: an evaluation This paper describes a training intervention to develop students' conceptual and observation skills relating to the therapeutic alliance (TA) in family therapy. An evaluation methodology was developed and piloted. The knowledge and observation skills of family therapy students pre- and post-training were assessed in comparison to a non-intervention group of experienced clinicians. Students' mean scores on the knowledge measure improved significantly from 43 per cent to 74 per cent (p (Source: Journal of Family Therapy) Parenting adult children – invisible ties that bind? This paper presents the authors' ideas about parenting adult children, describes some of the results of a larger qualitative research study and explores possible implications for practice. The study is based on in-depth analyses of narratives from interviews of a non-clinical population of parents of adult children. It represents part of an ongoing study to develop an understanding of an under-researched area of family life. (Source: Journal of Family Therapy) Changes in the patient's identity in the context of a psychiatric system – an empirical study The aim of this paper is to provide a description of a significant process which takes place during a first psychiatric hospitalization and to shed some light on its context. This process involves a transformation of an individual considered mentally disturbed into a psychiatric patient which affects the person's identity. The 'person' becomes a 'psychiatric patient'. Although it is self-evident that a patient never stops being a person, the context of the first hospitalization merits attention as it is the time when the patient is in most danger of being objectified and depersonalized. The paper describes a study of forty-six patients hospitalized for the first time on a psychiatric ward and their seventy-five parents. Their narratives from the beginning and the end of stay in hospital we... Non-violent resistance and violence against siblings A parent-training approach to the treatment of violence against siblings according to the principles of non-violent resistance was developed aiming at resisting the violence, providing protection to the victims and reducing escalation between the parents and the violent child. (Source: Journal of Family Therapy)
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