The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy, Systemic Family Therapy and Global Health Issues

Volume IV of The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy considers family-level interventions for issues of global public health. Information on the effectiveness of relational treatment is included along with consideration of the most appropriate modality for treatment. Developed in partnership with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), it will appeal to clinicians, such as couple, marital, and family therapists, counselors, psychologists, social workers, and psychiatrists. It will also benefit researchers, educators, and graduate students involved in CMFT.

About the Editors xi The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy List of Contributors xv Preface xxix Volume 4 Preface xxxii Systemic Family Therapy and Global Health Issues Foreword xxxv Part I Overview 1 1 A Systemic Conceptualization of Interventions with Families in a Global Context 3 Mudita Rastogi 2 Family‐Based Mental Health Services in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries 33 Jo Ellen Patterson, Todd M. Edwards, Susanna Vakili, and Hana H. Abu‐Hassan 3 The Glocal Family: Exploring Its International Variations Using a Family Systems Framework 49 Shaifali Sandhya 4 Culturally Sensitive Measures of Family Therapy 77 Peter Stratton and David C. Low 5 Whose Culture Is It Anyway? A Social Constructionist Approach to Researching Families 103 Tom Strong, Inés Sametband, Joaquín Gaete-Silva, and Sofia Lopez Bilbao 6 Ambiguous Loss: Theory‐Based Guidelines for Therapy with Individuals, Families, and Communities 127 Carla M. Dahl and Pauline Boss Part II Severe Family Disruption 153 7 The Ecology of Family Violence: Treating Cultural Contexts and Relationship Processes 155 Jason B. Whiting, Lisa V. Merchant, Angela B. Bradford, and Douglas B. Smith 8 Families in Chronically Unsafe Community Environments: Experiences in Northern Ireland and Palestine 191 Gwyn Daniel, Arlene Healey, and Mohammad Marie 9 Global Mental Health, Traumatic Stress, and Displaced Families 215 Elizabeth Wieling, Damir S. Utržan, Alyssa Banford Witting, and Desiree M. Seponski Part III Mental and Substance‐Use Disorders: A Systemic Context 243 10 Global Epidemiology, Etiology, and Treatment: Depressive and Anxiety Disorders Across the Lifespan 245 Andrea K. Wittenborn, E. Megan Lachmar, Patricia Huerta, Erica A. Mitchell, and Chi‐Fang Tseng 11 Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress, and Family Systems 267 Briana S. Nelson Goff, Lauren M. Ruhlmann, Rachel Dekel, and Sydni A. J. Huxman 12 Systemic Family Work in the Context of Severe Mental Illnesses: Three Approaches and Evidence Perspectives 297 Matthias Ochs, Bernhild Pfautsch, Jochen Schweitzer, Volkmar Aderhold, Ulrike Borst, and Lauren Cubellis 13 A Systemic Understanding of Addiction Formation and the Recovery Process 325 Thomas G. Kimball, Sterling T. Shumway, Spencer D. Bradshaw, and Kristy L. Soloski 14 Systemic Treatment of Eating Disorders Across the Life Cycle 357 Deanna Linville and Adrian J. Blow Part IV Health Across the Lifespan 383 15 Working with Chronic Medical Conditions 385 Jenny Altschuler 16 Autism and Systemic Family Therapy 407 Gail Simon, Mairi Evans, Francisco Urbistondo Cano, Sarah L. Helps, and Ingrid Vlam 17 “Minding the Family:” Systemic Family Therapy Approaches to Neurological Disorders 433 Max Zubatsky, John S. Rolland, and Danielle L. Boisvert 18 Functional Symptoms and Disorders 459 Ditte Roth Hulgaard 19 Systemic Interventions for Prevention with HIV‐Positive Individuals 479 Mona Mittal, Shyneice C. Porter, and Izidora Skračić ́ 20 Aging Adults Needing Care: Interventions to Respond to Family Needs and Stress 501 Tazuko Shibusawa and Tessa Jones 21 Life‐Limiting Conditions and Palliative Care 521 Liz Forbat, Louise Anthias, and Christine Anne Palmer Part V Future Directions 547 22 Systemic Family Therapy and Global Mental Health: Reflections on Professional Development and Training 549 Laurie L. Charlés and Saliha Bava 23 Letters to the Field: Voices from Underrepresented Systemic Family Therapists 569 Elizabeth Wieling, Janet M. Derrick, Lekie Dwanyen, Ana Rocío Escobar‐Chew, Reham F. Gassas, Paul O. Orieny, Karlin J. Tichenor, Corey E. Yeager, and Cigdem Yumbul 24 Global Perspectives: Taking Systemic Family Therapy Forward into Globally Diverse Contexts 601 Timothy Sim and Michal Shamai Index 625