ANZJFT Volume 19 Number 1
March 1998Contents
| Editorial - Definitions | Maureen Crago |
| New Zealand Vietnam Veterans' Family Programme, Nga Whanau a Tu (Families of War): Development and Outcome | Frank P. Deane, Carol MacDonald, Kerry Chamberlain, Nigel Long, Lorna Davin |
| Mediation: A Family Therapy Technique? | Geoff Favaloro |
| Narrative Group Therapy with the Seriously Mentally Ill: A Case Study | Tony Vassallo |
| Worth a Third Read: Six ANZJFT Readers Remember | Lorraine O'Gorman, Chris Lobsinger, Des Casey, Colin MacKenzie, Jo Grimwade, Marta Lohyn |
| Letter to the Editor | Elisabeth Scott |
| In Search of Professional Identity | Lea Crisante |
| In Search of the Counter-intuitive Family Therapy with the Dying | Simon Kennedy |
| Letter from Germany | J?rgen Hargens |
| Letter from Ireland | Lorraine O'Gorman |
| Reviews | |
| Family Therapy Associations of Australia: Family Award | |
| In Brief: Coming Events, Jottings and Announcements | |
| Family Therapy with the Dying [Network News] | Ian Shochet, Janet Roth, Sarah Jones, Marta Lhyn, ditd by Jane Chapman |
Abstracts & Sample Articles
Editorial - Definitions
by Maureen CragoView article. [PDF format - 26KB]
New Zealand Vietnam Veterans' Family Programme, Nga Whanau a Tu (Families of War): Development and Outcome
by Frank P. Deane, Carol MacDonald, Kerry Chamberlain, Nigel Long, Lorna DavinView article. [PDF format - 100KB]
This article reviews recent research concerned with the association between combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and interpersonal functioning, before describing the development of a pilot program established to provide mental health services for Vietnam veteran family members. The results of a brief program evaluation are also presented. Sixty clients provided posttreatment and six-month follow-up data on a variety of outcome measures which were compared with independent ratings returned by 33 therapists. On average, clients reported that counselling had been beneficial and indicated satisfaction with services received. However, at posttest, therapists indicated that approximately 50% of clients were in need of continued treatment. There was a decrease in satisfaction with services over the posttest-follow-up period, but no change on most measures of psychotherapy outcome.
Mediation: A Family Therapy Technique?
by Geoff FavaloroView article. [PDF format - 47KB]
Family mediation dovetails with family therapy approaches, in particular the brief, solution-based family therapies, such that these two interventive approaches may be considered to be notionally quite similar. Comparisons are made, and the implications of moving from mediation to therapy are explored, for both workers and clients.
Narrative Group Therapy with the Seriously Mentally Ill: A Case Study
by Tony VassalloView article. [PDF format - 106KB]
This paper describes a process set up to facilitate a group of people living with a serious mental illness. The group was based on Anthony's notions of recovery, and incorporated a narrative approach, while remaining consistent with Northen's groupwork model. Particular attention is paid to the preplanning and initial session of the group, to the use of letters and to the incorporation of a reflective team approach. Documentation of the discoveries made by the group members during its life is included in full.
Worth a Third Read: Six ANZJFT Readers Remember
by Lorraine O'Gorman, Chris Lobsinger, Des Casey, Colin MacKenzie, Jo Grimwade, Marta LohynView article. [PDF format - 50KB]
If we do not look back over our shoulders to remind ourselves of the ANZJFT's past achievements, we may forget, and newcomers may never be stimulated to explore earlier contributions for themselves. For this reason, six subscribers were asked to write five hundred words in answer to the question 'Over the time you have been reading the Journal, which article sticks in your memory the most?' The one restriction that was placed upon their choice was that if they found themselves unable to choose between two articles, they were to discuss the older of the two, to help assure a wider spread.
In Search of the Counter-intuitive Family Therapy with the Dying
by Simon KennedyView article. [PDF format - 36KB]
Reviews
View article. [PDF format - 67KB]Family Therapy Associations of Australia: Family Award
View article. [PDF format - 49KB]In Brief: Coming Events, Jottings and Announcements
View article. [PDF format - 29KB]Family Therapy with the Dying [Network News]
by Ian Shochet, Janet Roth, Sarah Jones, Marta Lhyn, ditd by Jane ChapmanView article. [PDF format - 81KB]
