<p>This volume addresses significant issues associated with family dysfunction, such as the need for developing appropriate intervention theory for children of divorce; the Brief Family Therapy model for troubled parent/child relationships; problems facing families when children are placed in foster or residential care facilities; and strategic rapid intervention for wife battering. Legal policies are also discussed.</p>

Troubled Relationships (Families in Trouble Series)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Nunnally, Elam

Chilman, Catherine

Cox, Fred

Psychology & Counseling

Sage Publications, Inc.

A conceptual base for theory building, clinical practice and research in the area of chronic and life-threatening illness opens this volume, which then addresses such pertinent issues as: the physical, emotional and financial problems faced by families with children having developmental and learning difficulties; chronically ill children or elderly members; and available forms of treatment for the chronically ill or physically impaired. The contributors also consider boundary ambiguity experienced by families of Alzheimer′s patients and an outline for psychotherapy for the relatives of dementia patients. Finally, problems of social policy, including inequitable and inaccessible financing, are addressed and some possible solutions offered.

Chronic Illness and Disability (Families in Trouble Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Mental Illness, Delinquency, Addictions, and Neglect (Families in Trouble Series)

This volume examines various disorders that can afflict families: schizophrenia and other mental illnesses, drug abuse, alcoholism and child neglect. Characteristics of families with schizophrenic members are probed, and both the `planned change′ therapeutic approach and brief therapy for treating families with a member diagnosed as mentally ill are presented. Also considered are guidelines for conducting treatment with families of alcoholics and drug abusers from a structural strategic orientation.

Employment and Economic Problems (Families in Trouble Series)

How do unemployment and poverty affect families? Is there a relationship between work and family life? Where can families facing financial difficulties turn for assistance? Applied in focus, this volume addresses these and other questions by first examining a given problem and then offering practical solutions. Topics discussed include: the racial, sexual and familial composition of typical unemployed households; the impact unemployment has on them; how human service organizations can assist both temporarily and permanently poor families; where families can seek financial counselling; and the relationship between work, family and the growth of industrial social services.

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Variant Family Forms (Families in Trouble Series)

Issues and problems brought up by families living non-traditional or alternative lifestyles are examined in this volume. Various alternative lifestyles are covered, including: adolescent parents, gay/lesbian families, step-parents, families with adopted children, widows and widowers, remarried parents, and those who co-habit. In addition, contributors outline modes of treatment for each alternative lifestyle presented along with suggestions for future research. The volume concludes by examining what policies have been - or need to be - enacted in relation to the growing population with alternative family living conditions.

Parenting & Relationships

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Troubled Relationships (Families in Trouble Series)

Chronic Illness and Disability (Families in Trouble Series)

Mental Illness, Delinquency, Addictions, and Neglect (Families in Trouble Series)

Mental Illness, Delinquency, Addictions, and Neglect (Families in Trouble Series)

Employment and Economic Problems (Families in Trouble Series)

Employment and Economic Problems (Families in Trouble Series)

Variant Family Forms (Families in Trouble Series)

Variant Family Forms (Families in Trouble Series)