Marital and family therapy for troubled physicians and their families. A bridge over troubled waters.
Because individual therapy for troubled physicians has been notoriously difficult and often ineffective, we report our experience using a treatment--marital therapy--newly applied to such problems in the medical community. The sample involved 13 male physicians and their spouses with emotional difficulties in themselves and/or their relationships. After marital treatment, there was substantial improvement in more than 92% (12/13) of the physicians, their spouses, and/or their marital relationships.
D000328:Adult; D005190:Family; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008388:Marital Therapy; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*