Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy, Systemic Family Therapy and Global Health Issues

Karen S. Wampler, PhD, retired as Professor and Chair of the Human Development and Family Studies department at Michigan State University. She previously served as Department Chair, Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) Program Director, and the C. R. and Virginia Hutcheson Professor at Texas Tech University. Prior to that, she developed and directed the MFT Program at the University of Georgia. Her research focused on applying attachment theory to couple interaction, family therapy process research, and observational measures of relationships. A past editor of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, she received the AAMFT Contribution to MFT, NCFR Distinguished Service to Family Therapy, and NCFR Kathleen Briggs Mentor Awards.Mudita Rastogi, PhD, practices at Aspire Consulting and Therapy as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, grant consultant, coach, and educator. She is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor and Clinical Fellow, having practiced in both India and the US. She is a former Professor at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Program Director for the SAMHSA]funded Minority Fellowship Program at AAMFT, Associate Editor for the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Editor of Multicultural Couple Therapy and Voices of Color, and Associate Editor for the Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. She is a founding member of the Indian Association for Family Therapy, with interest in diversity, inclusion, global mental health, parenting, and child-free couples.Reenee Singh, DSysPsych, is the Chief Executive of the Association of Family Therapy and Systemic Practice in the UK. She is a Consultant Family and Systemic Psychotherapist, currently working at the Child and Family Practice, where she founded the London Intercultural Couples Centre and serves as a Director. Reenee is a Visiting Professor in the School of Psychology, University of Bergamo, Italy, and is the past editor of the Journal of Family Therapy. She is the author of three books (one forthcoming) and numerous academic publications in the areas of "race," culture, and qualitative research. Reenee has taught worldwide and presents her research at national and international conferences.

• About the Editors xiThe Handbook of Systemic Family TherapyList of Contributors xvPreface xxixVolume 4 Preface xxxiiSystemic Family Therapy and Global Health IssuesForeword xxxvPart I Overview 11 A Systemic Conceptualization of Interventions with Families in a Global Context 3Mudita Rastogi2 Family‐Based Mental Health Services in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries 33Jo Ellen Patterson, Todd M. Edwards, Susanna Vakili, and Hana H. Abu‐Hassan3 The Glocal Family: Exploring Its International Variations Using a Family Systems Framework 49Shaifali Sandhya4 Culturally Sensitive Measures of Family Therapy 77Peter Stratton and David C. Low5 Whose Culture Is It Anyway? A Social Constructionist Approach to Researching Families 103Tom Strong, Inés Sametband, Joaquín Gaete-Silva, and Sofia Lopez Bilbao6 Ambiguous Loss: Theory‐Based Guidelines for Therapy with Individuals, Families, and Communities 127Carla M. Dahl and Pauline BossPart II Severe Family Disruption 1537 The Ecology of Family Violence: Treating Cultural Contexts and Relationship Processes 155Jason B. Whiting, Lisa V. Merchant, Angela B. Bradford, and Douglas B. Smith8 Families in Chronically Unsafe Community Environments: Experiences in Northern Ireland and Palestine 191Gwyn Daniel, Arlene Healey, and Mohammad Marie9 Global Mental Health, Traumatic Stress, and Displaced Families 215Elizabeth Wieling, Damir S. Utržan, Alyssa Banford Witting, and Desiree M. SeponskiPart III Mental and Substance‐Use Disorders: A Systemic Context 24310 Global Epidemiology, Etiology, and Treatment: Depressive and Anxiety Disorders Across the Lifespan 245Andrea K. Wittenborn, E. Megan Lachmar, Patricia Huerta, Erica A. Mitchell, and Chi‐Fang Tseng11 Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress, and Family Systems 267Briana S. Nelson Goff, Lauren M. Ruhlmann, Rachel Dekel, and Sydni A. J. Huxman12 Systemic Family Work in the Context of Severe Mental Illnesses: Three Approaches and Evidence Perspectives 297Matthias Ochs, Bernhild Pfautsch, Jochen Schweitzer, Volkmar Aderhold, Ulrike Borst, and Lauren Cubellis13 A Systemic Understanding of Addiction Formation and the Recovery Process 325Thomas G. Kimball, Sterling T. Shumway, Spencer D. Bradshaw, and Kristy L. Soloski14 Systemic Treatment of Eating Disorders Across the Life Cycle 357Deanna Linville and Adrian J. BlowPart IV Health Across the Lifespan 38315 Working with Chronic Medical Conditions 385Jenny Altschuler16 Autism and Systemic Family Therapy 407Gail Simon, Mairi Evans, Francisco Urbistondo Cano, Sarah L. Helps, and Ingrid Vlam17 “Minding the Family:” Systemic Family Therapy Approaches to Neurological Disorders 433Max Zubatsky, John S. Rolland, and Danielle L. Boisvert18 Functional Symptoms and Disorders 459Ditte Roth Hulgaard19 Systemic Interventions for Prevention with HIV‐Positive Individuals 479Mona Mittal, Shyneice C. Porter, and Izidora Skračić ́20 Aging Adults Needing Care: Interventions to Respond to Family Needs and Stress 501Tazuko Shibusawa and Tessa Jones21 Life‐Limiting Conditions and Palliative Care 521Liz Forbat, Louise Anthias, and Christine Anne PalmerPart V Future Directions 54722 Systemic Family Therapy and Global Mental Health: Reflections on Professional Development and Training 549Laurie L. Charlés and Saliha Bava23 Letters to the Field: Voices from Underrepresented Systemic Family Therapists 569Elizabeth Wieling, Janet M. Derrick, Lekie Dwanyen, Ana Rocío Escobar‐Chew, Reham F. Gassas, Paul O. Orieny, Karlin J. Tichenor, Corey E. Yeager, and Cigdem Yumbul24 Global Perspectives: Taking Systemic Family Therapy Forward into Globally Diverse Contexts 601Timothy Sim and Michal ShamaiIndex 625