title: Marital therapy: issues and challenges.
abstract: This paper outlines the advances made in the field of marital therapy in the last decade. The present status of clinical intervention, empirical research and theoretical conceptualization is reviewed. In addition, the challenges the field now faces are outlined, and proposals made for future directions, which would enable marital intervention to become a more comprehensive and systematic endeavor.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Centre for Psychological Services, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008388:Marital Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care