title: Integrating family therapy training into psychiatry residency programs: policy issues and alternatives.
abstract: This article explicates policy issues and alternatives in the integration of family therapy training within general psychiatry residency programs. These issues include controversies about the definition of the field; elective versus required teaching; curriculum content; and when, where, and who should teach family therapy in this context. The article concludes with recommendation for further clarification of this training area.
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011582:Psychological Theory; D013663:Teaching