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What works for therapists conducting family meetings : Treatment integrity in family-focused grief therapy during palliative care and bereavement

- Chan, Eunice, O'Neill, Imogen, McKenzie, Maria, Love, Anthony, Kissane, David

Authors: Chan, Eunice , O'Neill, Imogen , McKenzie, Maria , Love, Anthony , Kissane, David
Date: 2004
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Vol. 27, no. 6 (2004), p. 502-512
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Description: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the treatment integrity of Family-focused Grief Therapy (FFGT), a preventive intervention designed for families at high risk of poor functioning during palliative care and bereavement. From the 81 families participating in a randomized controlled trial (53 assigned to therapy), 28 were randomly selected for this study of treatment fidelity using the ITGT integrity measure. A total of 109 family sessions were appraised. This represented a review of 62 % of treated families, 38 % of total therapy sessions, and 87% of the 15 participating therapists. Weighted mean percentage occurences therapist behaviors permitted trends in therapy application to be observed. Inter-rater reliability using the FFGT integrity measure was satisfactory, with 88 % overall agreement. Eighty-six percent of therapists adhered faithfully to core elements of the model. Therapist competence was evidenced by a strong therapeutic alliance (94 %), affirmation of family strengths in over 90%, and focus on agreed themes in 76 % of sessions. Therapists averaged 10 grief-related questions per session, 7 on communication-related issues during assessment, 7 on conflict late in therapy, and 4 on cohesiveness across the course of therapy. Consistent application of FFGT, with attention to its low-key themes of family communication, cohesiveness, conflict resolution, and shared grief has been demonstrated. The model is generalizable when applied by family therapists. (C) 2004 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Coping patterns and psychosocial distress in female partners of prostate cancer patients

- Couper, Jeremy, Bloch, Sidney, Love, Anthony, Duchesne, Gillian, MacVean, Michelle, Kissane, David

Authors: Couper, Jeremy , Bloch, Sidney , Love, Anthony , Duchesne, Gillian , MacVean, Michelle , Kissane, David
Date: 2009
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Psychosomatics Vol. 50, no. 4 (2009), p. 375-382
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Description: Background: With medical advances since the 1990s, a growing proportion of patients are living for many years with prostate cancer (PCA) and the consequences of its treatment. Objective: The authors investigated the experience of being diagnosed with cancer and the effects of its treatment on patients' partners. Method: The authors conducted an observational, longitudinal study of 103 couples facing the diagnosis of either localized (potentially curable) or metastatic (incurable) PCA at Time 1 and then 6 months later (Time 2). Results: At both Time 1 and Time 2, psychological distress, marital satisfaction, and family functioning were measured in patients and partners; coping was measured in partners only. Partner maladaptive coping patterns of avoidance and self-blame at Time 1 predicted greater partner psychological distress at Time 2, as did "wishful thinking" at Time 2. Discussion: Psychosocial interventions designed to promote adaptive coping in couples facing PCA warrant systematic study. (Psychosomatics 2009; 50: 375-382)

Psychosocial adjustment in newly diagnosed prostate cancer

- Love, Anthony, Scealy, Marita, Bloch, Sidney, Duchesne, Gillian, Couper, Jeremy, MacVean, Michelle, Costello, Anthony, Kissane, David

Authors: Love, Anthony , Scealy, Marita , Bloch, Sidney , Duchesne, Gillian , Couper, Jeremy , MacVean, Michelle , Costello, Anthony , Kissane, David
Date: 2008
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 42, no. 5 (2008), p. 423-429
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Description: Objective: To examine the psychological and social adjustment of men with early or advanced stage prostate cancer and to compare them with a matched group of cancer-free community volunteers. Methods: A longitudinal observational study in which 367 men recently diagnosed with early (n =211) or advanced stage (n = 156), prostate cancer were compared to 169 cancer-free men from the community, of similar age and residential area, using self-report measures of psychosocial adjustment. Results: On the mental health subscales of the Short-Form 36-item Health Survey, men with advanced disease had lower vitality and social functioning than the other two groups, and lower mental health scores than the comparison group. Both patient groups had lower role-emotional scores than the comparison group. With regard to the Brief Symptom Inventory, the advanced disease group had higher somatization scores, and lower interpersonal sensitivity and paranoid ideation scores than the early stage group and the community comparison group. In terms of psychiatric morbidity, there were higher rates of anxiety disorders but not depressive disorders in both patient groups although overall diagnosis rates were low. No differences were found in terms of couple or family functioning. Conclusions: There is impairment in psychosocial function in men with prostate cancer, particularly those with advanced disease, but no increase in the rate of formal psychiatric disorder or adverse effects on the couples and families. This suggests directions for psychosocial interventions with these patient groups

The emotion self-confidence model of suicidal ideation

- Deeley, Stephanie, Love, Anthony

Authors: Deeley, Stephanie , Love, Anthony
Date: 2012
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Advances in Mental Health Vol. 10, no. 3 (2012), p. 246-257
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Description: Developing and testing theoretical models of suicidal processes is an important step towards designing appropriately targeted interventions. Though numerous correlates of suicidal ideation have been identifi ed, little theory articulates exactly how suicidal ideation arises in such contexts. Drawing on empirical and theoretical literature, we present the rationale for a stress-coping model to explain the development of suicidal ideation within an individual (the emotion self-confi dence model of suicidal ideation). Negative emotionality is viewed as an internal contextual stressor, potentially leading to the coping response of suicidal ideation, depending on how well an individual believes he/she can cope with or change the negative emotionality (emotion self-confi dence). In particular, high levels of negative emotionality coupled with low emotion self-confi dence would be expected to predispose towards thoughts of suicide. We discuss the relationship between emotion self-confi dence and processes associated with suicidal ideation, such as depression and hopelessness, as well as how emotion self-confi dence relates to broader cognitive behavioral constructs involving coping expectations. Accordingly, we outline the benefi ts of conceptualizing the model within Lazarus and Folkman's (1984; Lazarus, 1999) stress-coping framework. © eContent Management Pty Ltd.

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