Endurance of Effect: Family Unit Treatment Compared to Identified Patient Treatment

Rittenhouse, Joan Dunne

doi:10.1037/e465412008-023

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“…His groups, which were matched and randomly assigned to either crisis outpatient family work or hospitalization, demonstrated that the group receiving the family crisis approach achieved greater social productivity, lost two‐thirds fewer days from functioning, and cost one‐sixth as much to treat. This often‐quoted study has more recently been partially replicated by Rittenhouse (38).…”

Section: Step Ii: Differential Therapeuticsmentioning

confidence: 67%

Selection Criteria for Family Therapy

Clarkin¹,

Frances²,

Moodie³

1979

Family Process

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The patient selection criteria for most modalities of psychotherapy have not yet been clearly articulated. This paper presents a decision-tree model outlining the factors that incline a clinician to perform a family evaluation, then to decide upon family treatment instead of another form of therapy, and finally to settle upon the particular duration and intensity of family treatment. We have compiled screening criteria, based on research and clinical opinion, to be applied in the utilization review of the decisions made at each of these steps. This method can be used to evaluate the appropriateness of care and render decision-making explicit and accountable; it may also have considerable value in training and research.

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Section: Step Ii: Differential Therapeuticsmentioning

confidence: 67%

Selection Criteria for Family Therapy

Clarkin¹,

Frances²,

Moodie³

1979

Family Process

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“…Some investigators consider changes in family interaction patterns to signify therapeutic effectiveness Carkhuff & Bierman, 1970). Others investigate such effects as avoidance of inpatient status (Langsley, Machotka, & Flomenhaft, 1971;Rittenhouse, 1970), abstinence from alcohol (Meeks & Kelly, 1970), or drugs (Hendricks, 1971), or some other behavioral outcome. Clients' self-ratings of improvement (for example, Burton & Kaplan, 1968) are also used as criteria of success.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Rittenhouse (1970) compared the effects of family treatment within the home to inpatient treatment of the identified patient. Her study used 35 experimental families and 37 inpatient controls who did not differ from the experimental group on identified patient and family pathology or on community functioning.…”

Section: Avoidance Of Hospitalizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Family therapy research in applied community settings

Malouf

Alexander

1976

Community Ment Health J

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This paper discusses family therapy research in applied settings and highlights those methodological issues relevant to the program evaluator as compared to those relevant to the basic researcher. Four general methodological issues are discussed: design adequacy, issues related to dependent measures, situational factors, and issues of generalization and duration of treatments. Two specific, well-validated applications of family therapy are elaborated; and finally several conclusions are drawn regarding future research strategies.

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“…Langsley et al . (47) and Rittenhouse (65) dealt with adult identified patients, while Wellisch et al . (83) treated adolescents.…”

Section: Comparing Family Therapy To Alternative Treatmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Rittenhouse (65) randomly assigned 72 subjects, all “meeting the criteria of acceptability for admission to the state hospital” (p. 535) to either family unit treatment given in the home or a therapeutic milieu approach given in the hospital. Multiple measures of individual pathology, family and community functioning, and readmission rate were assessed at three‐, six‐, and twelve‐month follow‐up points.…”

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The Results of Family Therapy Revisited: The Nonbehavioral Methods

Wells

Dezen

1978

Family Process

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Studies from 1971 to 1976 reporting on the outcome of the nonbehavioral family therapies are analyzed and critically reviewed. Such research has increased in both quality and quantity since 1970 and, broadly speaking, has legitimized the status of family therapy as a viable mode of helping. Particularly potent effects were noted for family therapy as an alternative to psychiatric hospitalization, with psychosomatic problems in children and adolescents, and in certain applications with parent-child and parent-adolescent relationships. However, a number of studies comparing family therapy with no formal treatment or an alternative treatment found little difference in outcome. Problems in family therapy outcome research are discussed and some future directions suggested.

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Endurance of Effect: Family Unit Treatment Compared to Identified Patient Treatment

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Selection Criteria for Family Therapy

Selection Criteria for Family Therapy

Family therapy research in applied community settings

The Results of Family Therapy Revisited: The Nonbehavioral Methods

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