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Predictions of Therapeutic Process and Progress in Conjoint Family Therapy

Predictions of Therapeutic Process and Progress in Conjoint Family Therapy Abstract Following initial diagnostic interviews with 20 families in an outpatient psychiatric clinic, a group of therapists made predictions of the anticipated responses of the families to therapy. Changes in family structure, organization, and transactional patterns were predicted with use of the Family Category Schema. The families' responses to the process of therapy was predicted in a questionnaire. The results showed poor predictions of response to process. However, a normative response picture of a family in therapy did emerge. Also, all predictions erred in the direction of underrating the overall effectiveness of conjoint family therapy. References 1. Beck AT, Ward CN, Mendelsohn M, et al: Reliability of psychiatric diagnosis: A study of consistency of clinical judgements and ratings . Am J Psychiatry 119:351-357, 1962. 2. Katz MM, Cole JO, Lowery HA: Studies of the diagnostic procedure: The influence of symptom, perception, past experience and ethnic background on diagnostic decisions . Am J Psychiatry 125:937-947, 1969. 3. Sargent HD: Prediction in psychotherapy research: A method for the transformation of clinical judgements into T stable hypotheses, monograph 21 , in Psychological Issues . New York, International Universities Press, 1968. 4. Schmidt HO, Fonda CP: The reliability of the psychiatric diagnosis: A new look . J Abnorm Soc Pathol 52:262-267, 1956.Crossref 5. Committee on the Family: The Field of Family Therapy, No. 78. New York, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, 1970, vol 7. 6. Steinhauer P: Reflections on criteria for selection and prognosis in family therapy . Can Psychiatr Assoc J 13:317-321, 1968. 7. Guttman HA: A contraindication for family therapy: The prepsychotic or postpsychotic young adult and his parents . Arch Gen Psychiatry 29:352-355, 1973.Crossref 8. Epstein NB, Rakoff VM, Sigal JJ: Some issues in family therapy . Laval Med 37:146-150, 1966. 9. Epstein NB, Rakoff VM, Sigal JJ: The Family Category Schema . Montreal, Mimeo, 1964. 10. Sigal JJ, Rakoff VM, Epstein NB: Indicators of therapeutic outcome in conjoint family therapy . Family Process 6:215-227, 1967.Crossref 11. Hollingshead AB, Redlich FC: Social Class and Mental Illness . New York, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1958. 12. Rakoff VM: Training in family psychiatry . Can Psychiatr Assoc J 10:206-213, 1965. 13. Rakoff VM, Sigal JJ, Epstein NB: Repetition and working through in family therapy . Am J Psychother 21:782-790, 1967. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of General Psychiatry American Medical Association

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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1975 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0003-990X
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1598-3636
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10.1001/archpsyc.1975.01760260077006
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Abstract

Abstract Following initial diagnostic interviews with 20 families in an outpatient psychiatric clinic, a group of therapists made predictions of the anticipated responses of the families to therapy. Changes in family structure, organization, and transactional patterns were predicted with use of the Family Category Schema. The families' responses to the process of therapy was predicted in a questionnaire. The results showed poor predictions of response to process. However, a normative response picture of a family in therapy did emerge. Also, all predictions erred in the direction of underrating the overall effectiveness of conjoint family therapy. References 1. Beck AT, Ward CN, Mendelsohn M, et al: Reliability of psychiatric diagnosis: A study of consistency of clinical judgements and ratings . Am J Psychiatry 119:351-357, 1962. 2. Katz MM, Cole JO, Lowery HA: Studies of the diagnostic procedure: The influence of symptom, perception, past experience and ethnic background on diagnostic decisions . Am J Psychiatry 125:937-947, 1969. 3. Sargent HD: Prediction in psychotherapy research: A method for the transformation of clinical judgements into T stable hypotheses, monograph 21 , in Psychological Issues . New York, International Universities Press, 1968. 4. Schmidt HO, Fonda CP: The reliability of the psychiatric diagnosis: A new look . J Abnorm Soc Pathol 52:262-267, 1956.Crossref 5. Committee on the Family: The Field of Family Therapy, No. 78. New York, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, 1970, vol 7. 6. Steinhauer P: Reflections on criteria for selection and prognosis in family therapy . Can Psychiatr Assoc J 13:317-321, 1968. 7. Guttman HA: A contraindication for family therapy: The prepsychotic or postpsychotic young adult and his parents . Arch Gen Psychiatry 29:352-355, 1973.Crossref 8. Epstein NB, Rakoff VM, Sigal JJ: Some issues in family therapy . Laval Med 37:146-150, 1966. 9. Epstein NB, Rakoff VM, Sigal JJ: The Family Category Schema . Montreal, Mimeo, 1964. 10. Sigal JJ, Rakoff VM, Epstein NB: Indicators of therapeutic outcome in conjoint family therapy . Family Process 6:215-227, 1967.Crossref 11. Hollingshead AB, Redlich FC: Social Class and Mental Illness . New York, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1958. 12. Rakoff VM: Training in family psychiatry . Can Psychiatr Assoc J 10:206-213, 1965. 13. Rakoff VM, Sigal JJ, Epstein NB: Repetition and working through in family therapy . Am J Psychother 21:782-790, 1967.

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Archives of General PsychiatryAmerican Medical Association

Published: Aug 1, 1975

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