Objective To understand the mental health treatment gap in the Region of the Americas by
examining the prevalence of mental health disorders, use of mental health services, and the …

Mental disorders are highly prevalent and cause considerable suffering and disease
burden. To compound this public health problem, many individuals with psychiatric …

For major physical diseases, it is widely accepted that members of the public will benefit by
knowing what actions they can take for prevention, early intervention, and treatment …

The goal of this volume is to provide a useful and accessible guidebook for clinicians who
treat suicidal behavior, with the interpersonal theory of suicide (Joiner, 2005) as a …

The McMaster Approach to Families is a comprehensive model of family assessment and
treatment. This paper provides an overview of the McMaster Approach and consists of five …

In consideration of family system theory, the vulnerability model of depression, and the
stress buffering model of social support, the current study examined the effect of family …

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 …

From initial consultation to termination of treatment, psychologists and other mental health
practitioners make a series of crucial decisions to determine the progress and therapy of the …

Two groups of depressed youngsters were compared. From an interpersonal perspective, it
was hypothesized that depressed adolescents of depressed mothers would have …

Abstract The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) is
coordinating the development of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) in psychiatry, funded …