title: Family therapy: concepts, models and applications.
abstract: Family therapy is a relatively new form of treatment in child and adolescent psychiatry. It developed from a clinical tradition of treating individuals into a model which actively addressed the family and wider context of symptom presentation. This article sets out some of the concepts underpinning this treatment. It reviews the three major models practised in the UK. It includes contemporary developments and critiques based on anti-oppressive and antidiscriminatory theory.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000379:methods; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000379:methods; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical