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- Title
The evidence base for family therapy and systemic interventions for child-focused problems.
- Authors
Carr, Alan
- Abstract
This review updates similar articles published in the Journal of Family Therapy in 2001 and 2009. 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 multi-modal programmes for sleep, feeding and attachment problems in infancy; child abuse and neglect; conduct problems (including childhood behavioural difficulties, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, delinquency and drug misuse); emotional problems (including anxiety, depression, grief, bipolar disorder and self-harm); eating disorders (including anorexia, bulimia and obesity); somatic problems (including enuresis, encopresis, medically unexplained symptoms and poorly controlled asthma and diabetes) and first episode psychosis.
- Subjects
ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder; BEHAVIOR disorders in children; CHILD abuse; CHILD psychopathology; COGNITIVE therapy; FAMILY psychotherapy; MENTAL illness; PARENT-child relationships; PARENTING; SLEEP disorders; EVIDENCE-based medicine
- Publication
Journal of Family Therapy, 2014, Vol 36, Issue 2, p107
- ISSN
0163-4445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1467-6427.12032