title: Clinical and research issues in the evaluation and treatment of families.
abstract: Despite an influx of new pharmacological agents in the eighties and nineties, clinicians and researchers recognize that family intervention offers one area of adjunctive therapy that may improve the odds of recovery, increase quality of life, or help patients and family members deal with a chronic or recurring illness.
authors.affiliation: Family Research Program, Mood Disorders Program, Rhode Island Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA. CRyan@lifespan.org
authors.forename: Christine E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Ryan
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D015510:Clinical Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy; D005192:Family Health; D005195:Family Relations; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012106:Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D012237:Rhode Island