title: Empirically supported couple and family interventions for marital distress and adult mental health problems.
abstract: This article evaluates the efficacy, effectiveness, and clinical significance of empirically supported couple and family interventions for treating marital distress and individual adult disorders, including anxiety disorders, depression, sexual dysfunctions, alcoholism and problem drinking, and schizophrenia. In addition to consideration of different theoretical approaches to treating these disorders, different ways of including a partner or family in treatment are highlighted: (a) partner-family-assisted interventions, (b) disorder-specific partner-family interventions, and (c) more general couple-family therapy. Findings across diagnostic groups and issues involved in applying efficacy criteria to these populations are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-3270, USA. don_baucom@unc.edu
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Baucom
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shoham
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Mueser
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Daiuto
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Stickle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D019348:Empiricism; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*