 | Evaluating and Treating Families: The McMaster Approach Subjects: Behavioral Sciences; Mental Health; Marriage Family & Sex Therapy; Psychiatry & Clinical Psychology - Adult; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Clinical Psychology; This comprehensive text is organized into two parts, the first of which presents an overview of the history, development, and theory of the model, and its specific applications to treatment, training, assessment, and research. Part II includes the instruments and assessment tools originally developed by the authors during their extensive clinical and research experience. Clinical case examples drawn from over four decades of family therapy work enrich the text, and an entire chapter is devoted to the authors' own research findings, current research plans, and new directions in their work. Christine E. Ryan, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Research in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University and Director of the Family Research Program at Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, RI. Nathan B. Epstein, M.D., is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University School of Medicine and Psychiatrist in Chief Emeritus at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford, MA. Gabor I. Keitner, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University School of Medicine and Director of Adult Psychiatry and the Mood Disorders Program at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, RI. Ivan W. Miller, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University School of Medicine and Director of the Psychosocial Research Program at Butler Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. Duane S. Bishop, M.D., is Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University School of Medicine and Psychiatrist in Chief at St Luke's Hospital in New Bedford, MA. |
