Journal article
Attachment-Based Family Therapy in Australia: Introduction to a Special Issue
Australian and New Zealand journal of family therapy, v 37(2), pp 143-153
01 Jun 2016
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Abstract
In Australia the movement toward evidence based practice was supported by the first National Mental Health Strategy. For mental health clinicians the shift from evaluating process to outcome measurement also brought greater focus on specific disorders and targeted interventions, raising questions about the efficacy and effectiveness of treatment. The gap between research and practice is well documented, and has engendered much debate particularly in regard to empirically supported treatments (ESTs) and the technologies to widely disseminate practice whilst supporting treatment adherence. In this paper we first, describe the Attachment Based Family Therapy (ABFT) model before giving consideration to the criticisms of ESTs, and reviewing the dissemination of ABFT in Australia, and the perspectives of Australian clinicians in respect to the model and its relevance to their practice. Finally, we turn to the mission of this Special Issue which is to increase the awareness of ABFT primarily amongst practicing clinicians as we introduce the selected papers that demonstrate the application of the model to a variety of clinical presentations, and clinical settings.
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- Title
- Attachment-Based Family Therapy in Australia: Introduction to a Special Issue
- Creators
- Guy S. Diamond - Drexel UniversityIngrid Wagner - Queensland University of TechnologySuzanne A. Levy - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Australian and New Zealand journal of family therapy, v 37(2), pp 143-153
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 11
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Center for Family Intervention Science
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000378698800001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84974853830
- Other Identifier
- 991019169899104721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- International collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Family Studies