Integrated family treatment for parents with severe psychiatric disabilities.
This paper reports a case series of families participating in Integrated Family Treatment, a home-based parent training and family support program for parents with severe psychiatric disabilities. All 8 families who entered the program over 6 months were followed for 1 year. Seven families remained in treatment for more than 10 months and rated the program highly. Six of the seven parents (85.7%) remaining in treatment improved on one or more measure of parent skills. Integrated Family Treatment is a promising practice that warrants further study.
Brunette
Mary F
MF
Dartmouth Medical School, New Hampshire, USA. Mary.F.Brunette@Dartmouth.edu
Richardson
Fred
F
White
Laurie
L
Bemis
Gillian
G
Eelkema
Rachel E
RE
D002648:Child; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology; D015897:Comorbidity; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005192:Family Health; D005196:Family Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires