Solution-Focused Brief Therapy With Latinos: A Systematic Review

Abstract

This article reviews all the published and non-published outcome studies that were randomized controlled trials (RCTs) or quasi-experimental designs on solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) conducted with Latinos within the United States and Latin America. Data search included 18 databases for published articles, three databases for dissertations, and other sources of information. Forty-four studies met the criteria for a full-text review and, of those, six studies met criteria for this systematic review. Studies of SFBT with Latinos were conducted in adult mental health, children and adolescents in school, and couples, revealing positive outcomes on the effects of SFBT on standardized measures and participant goals.

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy for Individuals With Alcohol Use Disorders in Chile

“…Prior research has shown that the average length of SFBT treatments is three to six sessions (Gonzalez et al, 2016; Kim et al, 2016), which is consistent with the length of BIs previously stated and other research indicating that commonly, individuals dropout from mental health treatment before the fifth session (Wells et al, 2013). Thus, we provided three individual sessions of SFBT to eight patients with AUDs.…”

“…The SFBT intervention can also be applied within primary care. From an exhaustive literature review prior this study, we learned that there are no linguistic adaptations of SFBT that have been implemented for AUDs in Latin America (González Suitt, Franklin, & Kim, 2016). Therefore, this study presents a pilot test of a linguistically adapted SFBT that is delivered by social workers in a primary care setting.…”

Abordaje del consumo problemático de alcohol en la Atención Primaria de Salud a través de la Terapia Breve Centrada en Soluciones. Un modelo clínico para el trabajo social

“…Concordante con ello es la adaptabilidad de la TBCS, la cual se ha implementado en diversidad de contextos y culturas (Gingerich & Peterson, 2013;González, Franklin & Kim, 2016;Kim et al, 2015), siendo adaptada para hacerla lingüísticamente pertinente en Chile sin perder sus componentes fundantes (González, Geraldo, Estay y Franklin, 2017), los cuales buscan relevar lo que es importante para el sujeto de intervención y fomentar la autodeterminación a través del reconocimiento de lo que ya funciona en su vida de Jong y Berg, 2012). Esto a su vez contribuye a brindar servicios de salud pública respetuosos con los derechos y la dignidad de las personas.…”

The effect of interpersonal relational role analysis on nursing students' anxiety levels and interpersonal problem‐solving orientation

“…8,9 However, studies reveal that particularly in the university education period, students experience psychosocial problems, such as pessimism, insomnia, stress, anxiety in the face of challenges, which they encounter in their interpersonal relationships, and employ ineffective solution methods, such as letting everything happen and trying to calm down through crying. 10,11 Nursing education has a very compact education curriculum consisting of theoretical and practical processes, which leads students to have some hardships related to their educational activities as well as the difficulties experienced by them throughout their youth. 12 Specific incidents, such as information overload induced by both theoretical and practical courses, anxiety to harm the patient, concern over confronting with negative responses of patients and patient relatives, the necessity to make rapid decisions in case of the emergencies, challenges in the usage of medical instruments and apparatus, and the potentiality of encountering with the incidence of death, might lead to anxiety and interpersonal problems in students.…”

“…This diversity brings along the necessity to perform constructive roles in relationships between students, such as self‐knowledge, self‐control, assertiveness, self‐expression, and empathy 8,9 . However, studies reveal that particularly in the university education period, students experience psychosocial problems, such as pessimism, insomnia, stress, anxiety in the face of challenges, which they encounter in their interpersonal relationships, and employ ineffective solution methods, such as letting everything happen and trying to calm down through crying 10,11 …”