Medical Family Therapists in Action: Embracing Multiple Roles

Falke, Stephanie I.; D'Arrigo-Patrick, Elizabeth

doi:10.1111/jmft.12104

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“…Therapists can be part of the social support process by assisting partners, family, and friends as well as the person with the eating disorder diagnosis. These considerations would be consistent with a medical family therapy method, in which the client system is treated rather than simply the illness symptoms (Falke & D'Arrigo‐Patrick, ). Our findings indicate a need for the incorporation of emotion regulation skill building, open couple communication, healthy coping responses, and psychoeducation for both members of a couple seeking eating disorder treatment.…”

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Reciprocal Influence of Couple Dynamics and Eating Disorders

Linville¹,

Cobb²,

Shen³

et al. 2015

J Marital Family Therapy

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Little research has focused on the ways that eating disorder processes and adult couple dynamics influence one another. The purpose of this study was to investigate the reciprocal influence of couple dynamics and eating disorder illness and recovery processes. We conducted 51 interviews with 17 couples where one member identified as currently suffering or having recovered from an eating disorder. Using grounded theory analytical methods, findings include the systemic interplay of the eating disorder and relationship, both partners' perspectives on the eating disorder and its role in the relationship, the noneating disorder partner's impact on the eating disorder, and coping strategies for recovery as a couple. Clinical implications for supporting couples experiencing eating disorder illness and recovery are discussed.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reciprocal Influence of Couple Dynamics and Eating Disorders

Linville¹,

Cobb²,

Shen³

et al. 2015

J Marital Family Therapy

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“…15 Additionally, MedFTs are starting to provide secondary roles in medical settings, including behavioral health coaches, brief interventionists to assist with behavior change, patient advocates, and faculty members who train medical professionals and residents. 16 Integrating behavioral health in primary care…”

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Integrating mental health professionals in residencies to reduce health disparities

Delbridge

Zubatsky

Fowler

2017

Int J Psychiatry Med

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Health disparities in primary care remain a continual challenge for both practitioners and patients alike. Integrating mental health services into routine patient care has been one approach to address such issues, including access to care, stigma of health-care providers, and facilitating underserved patients’ needs. This article addresses examples of training programs that have included mental health learners and licensed providers into family medicine residency training clinics. Descriptions of these models at two Midwestern Family Medicine residency clinics in the United States are highlighted. Examples of cross-training both medical residents and mental health students are described, detailing specific areas where this integration improves mental health and medical outcomes in patients. Challenges to effective integration are discussed, including larger system buy-in, medical providers’ knowledge of mental health treatment, and the skills for clinical providers to possess in order to present mental health options to patients. Patients who traditionally experience multiple barriers to mental health treatment now have increased access to comprehensive care. As a result of more primary care clinics ascribing to an integrated care model of practice, providers may benefit from not only increased coordination of patient services but also utilizing behavioral health professionals to address health barriers in patients’ lives.

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“…As clients participate in shaping the treatment they receive, the more traditional hierarchies flatten and the more clients become partners in the change process. Similarly (although not mentioned in my 2012 editorial), while we have published some articles on medical family therapy (e.g., Falke & D'Arrigo‐Patrick, ; Hernandez & Thomas, ) and cost‐effectiveness research (e.g., Crane et al., ), we need more on these important topics.…”

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A Time to Reflect on JMFT

Piercy

2015

J Marital Family Therapy

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There is an ebb and flow in the seasons of academia. Some call the end of spring the "spin cycle" (as in washing machines, not politics) because of all the deadlines. But summer is another story. In summer, I garden, walk the dog, smell the flowers, and take time to breathe and reflect, which is my focus today.What should our values be for the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy (JMFT) and are we living them? In the next issue, the JMFT annual report will include the quantitative story, complete with charts and statistics. Today, though, I will share some of what I said in my first editorial in January 2012 (Piercy, 2012) when I identified what I thought JMFT should be doing. I will then consider whether we have followed that road map or not. Admittedly, these are my opinions and not truth, but I will try to identify how certain articles in JMFT reflect some of the goals I mentioned in 2012.In my 2012 editorial, I emphasized the profound impact JMFT has had on the field and on me personally. I said that I wanted to continue JMFT's commitment to the underserved and those in the margins. With this in mind, I am happy to see recent articles related to the treatment of the homeless (Harris

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Medical Family Therapists in Action: Embracing Multiple Roles

Cited by 15 publications

References 59 publications

Reciprocal Influence of Couple Dynamics and Eating Disorders

Reciprocal Influence of Couple Dynamics and Eating Disorders

Integrating mental health professionals in residencies to reduce health disparities

A Time to Reflect on JMFT

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