title: Beyond family therapy. Toward a systemic and integrated view.
abstract: We are entering an era in which the selective use and combination of a variety of complementary approaches to assessment and treatment of children and their families is becoming increasingly possible. This article surveys and summarizes the field, presenting the theoretical rationale and clinical vignettes to illustrate guidelines that invite a creative approach to choice of treatment based on the need of the patient rather than the bias of the therapist.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005190:Family; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D010553:Personality Development; D011379:Prognosis; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods; D012649:Self Concept; D012931:Social Environment