title: Intimate relationships and psychopathology.
abstract: Relationship functioning and individual mental health and well-being are strongly associated with one another. In this article, we first review the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between relationship discord and various types of psychopathology, We then review findings suggesting that relationship discord is associated with poorer outcome for individual-based treatments for psychopathology and that, generally, relationship discord does not improve following individual-based treatments for psychopathology. Finally, we present a model for conceptualizing work with couples in which one partner has a psychiatric disorder and review the efficacy of couple-based interventions in the treatment for psychiatric disorders, with a focus on substance-related, mood, and anxiety disorders.
authors: Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, 345 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0345, USA. mark.whisman@colorado.edu
authors: Mark A
authors: MA
authors: Whisman
authors: Donald H
authors: DH
authors: Baucom
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008388:Marital Therapy; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D008603:Mental Health; D010287:Parent-Child Relations