In Family Therapy, William J. Doherty and Susan H. McDaniel discuss the history, theory, and practice of this systems-oriented therapy. There are many different types of family therapy, but at the hea
The first edition of this classic text, first published in 1992, proposed a new paradigm for the biopsychosocial treatment of patients and their families. This second edition reflects economic and str
In the narrative of every human life and family, illness is a prominent character. Even if we have avoided serious illness ourselves, we cannot escape its reach into our circle of family and friends.
The first edition helped bring the family approach to health care into the medical mainstream. This new edition, like the first, provides health care professionals with a practical guide to working wi
“Our plague is mental health.” (WHO, 2005)“The key to improving care of the mentally ill is not only the expansion of psychiatric and psychosomatic services, but in strengthening the medical doctor i
For thousands of years, Western culture has dichotomized science and art, empiricism and subjective experience, and biology and psychology. In contrast with the prevailing view in philosophy, neurosci
This text examines the role of psychological and behavioral interventions in primary care medicine. Several introductory chapters define primary care psychology and examine unique aspects of clinical
