Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Lynn Hoffman, Family Therapy: An Intimate History
Ned L. Gaylin, Family, Self and Psychotherapy: A Person–centred Perspective
Roy Resnikoff, Bridges for Healing. Integrating Family Therapy and Psychopharmacology
John Sharry, Solution–Focused Groupwork
S.H. McDaniel, D.D. Lusterman and C. Philpot (eds), Casebook for Integrating Family Therapy: An Ecosystemic Approach
Carole Kayrooz, A Systemic Treatment of Bulimia Nervosa
George W. Burns, 101 Healing Stories. Using Metaphors in Therapy
Marcia Sheinberg and Peter Frankel, The Relational Trauma of Incest: A Family Based Approach to Treatment     

Book reviews

Larry L. Constantine, Family Paradigms. The Practice of Theory in Family Therapy
Arnon Bentovim, Gill Gorell Barnes and Alan Cooklin (Eds) Family Therapy: Complementary Frameworks of Theory and Practice
Jean Shapiro, A Child: Tour Choice
William C. Nichols and Craig A. Everett. Systemic Family Therapy–An Integrative Approach
W. H. O'Hanlon and J. Wilk, Shifting Contexts: The Generation of Effective Psychotherapy
R. Julian Hafner, Marriage and Mental Illness: A Sex Role Perspective
Penny Jaques, Understanding Children's Problems, Helping Families to Help Themselves
Edward M. Waring, Enhancing Marital Intimacy through Facilitating Cognitive Self-disclosure
David E. Scharff and Jill Savege Scharff, Object Relations Family Therapy
C. Whitaker and W. Bumberry, Dancing with the Family, A Symbolic Experiential Approach     

Abstracts edited by Neil Frude

F riedman , S. (1987) Technical considerations in the behaviour-marital treatment of agoraphobia. American Journal of Family Therapy,
P arker , T., H ill , J. W. and M iller , G. (1987) Multiple family therapy: evaluating a group experience for mentally retarded adolescents and their families. Family Therapy
B erger , M. and J urkovic , G. J. (1987) Family context in therapy. Journal of Family Psychology
L ebow , J. L. (1987) Training psychologists in family therapy in family institute settings. Journal of Family Pgcholosy
S loman , L., P erry , A. and F rankenburg , F. (1987) Family therapy with deaf member families. American Journal of Family Therapy
H oopes , M. H. (1987) Multigenerational systems: basic assumptions. American Journal of Family Therapy
M unton , A. G. and A ntaki , C. (1988) Causal beliefs amongst families in therapy: attributions at the group level. British Journal of Clinical Psychology     

Re: Views

Book reviewed in this article: All in the Family: Divorce. American Personnel and Guidance Association, 1975. All in the Family: Talking about Divorce: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child. Earl A. Grollman. All in the Family: Families: Applications of Social Learning to Family Life (Revised Edition). Gerald R. Patterson. All in the Family: Creating Closer Families: Principles of Positive Family Interaction. William G. Dyer. All in the Family: On the Level with Self, Family, Society. G. Hugh Allred All in the Family: Counseling Parents of Exceptional Children: Principles, Problems and Procedures. Jack C. Stewart. All in the Family: Systematic Parent Training: Procedures, Cases and Issues. William Hansford Miller. All in the Family: Your Child's Self-Esteem. Dorothy Corkille Briggs. All in the Family: The Needs of Children. Mia Kellmer Pringle.     

Book reviews

Jay Haley, Ordeal Therapy: Unusual Way to Change Behaviour
S. Murgatroyd and R. Woolfe, Helping Families in Distress: An Introduction to Family Focussed Helping
Emilia Dowling and Elsie Osborne (Eds), The Family and the School—A Joint Systems Approach to Problems with Children
C. J. Brown et al. Treating the Remarried Family
Jean Campion, The Child in Context—Family Systems in Educational Psychology
I. R. H. Falloon et al., Family Management of Schizophrenia: A Study of Clinical, Social, Family and Economic Benefits
Linda Scotson, Doran, Child of Courage     

Book reviews

David Campbell and Rosalind Draper (Eds), Applications of Systemic Family Therapy. The Milan Approach
Bryan Lask, Children's Problems
Bretherton, Inge and Waters, Everett (Eds), Growing Points of Attachment Theory and Research
Christine Sandford and Wyn Beardsley, Making Relationships Work
Elaine Campbell, The Childless Marriage: An Exploratory Study of Couples Who Do Not Want Children
Kayla F. Bernheim and Anthony F. Lehman, Working with Families of the Mentally III
Geoffrey Barlow and Alison Hill (Eds), Video Violence and Children
David H. Olson and Roxanne Markoff (Eds), Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature , Vol. XI 1984
Steve de Shazer, Keys to Solution in Brief Therapy
Fortune Ann E. and contributors, Task-Centered Practice with Families and Groups
Adrian L. James and Kate Wilson, Couples, Conflict and Change
Sue Walrond-Skinner, A Dictionary of Psychotherapy
Nossrat Peseschkian, Positive Family Therapy–The Family as Therapist
Joan J. Zilbah, Young Children in Family Therapy
Tesse and Moshe Lang, Corrupting the Young and Other Stories of a Family Therapist
S. Slipp, Object Relations: A Dynamic Bridge Between Individual and Family Treatment
Philip Barker, Basic Family Therapy
J. Tunnard (Ed.), Promoting Links: Keeping Children and Families in Touch     

Abstracts

Z ygmond , M. J. and B oorhem , H. (1989) Ethical decision making in Family Therapy. Family Process
A rmsworth , M. W. (1989) Therapy of incest survivors: Abuse or support. Child Abuse and Neglect
W amboldt , F. S. and R eiss , D. (1989) Defining a family heritage and a new relationship identity: Two central tasks in the making of a marriage. Family Process
W ood , W., R hodes , N. and W helan , M. (1989) Sex differences in positive well-being: A consideration of emotional style and marital status. Psychological Bulletin
L ange , A. (1989) The 'help' paradigm in the treatment of severely distressed couples: A combination of paradoxical and problem-solving elements. American Journal of Family Therapy     

Abstracts edited by Neil Frude

C arpenter , L. J. and M erkel , W. T. (1988) The effects of three methods of observation on couples in interactional research. American Journal of Family Therapy
C hasin , R., R oth , S. and B ograd , M. (1989) Action methods in systemic therapy: Dramatizing ideal futures and reformed pasts with couples. Family Process
T homas , E. J. and Y oshioka , M. R. (1989) Spouse interventive confrontations in unilateral Family Therapy for alcohol abuse. Social
S tarr , A. C. (1989) Recovery for the alcoholic family: Family systems treatment model. Social Casework: The Journal of Contemporary Social Work
B linnikka , L-M. and S eitamaa , M. (1989) Spatiality of the family's inner structure: Choice of seat in Family Therapy. Family Process     

Book reviews

Eddy Street and Windy Dryden, Family Therapy in Britain
E. Imber-Black, J. Roberts and R. Whiting, Rituals in Families and Family Therapy
Arnon Bentovim, Anne Elton, Judy Hildebrand, Marianne Tranter, and Eileen Vizard. Child Sexual Abuse Within The Family; Assessment and Treatment
David Campbell, Ros Draper and Clare Huffington, Teaching Systemic Thinking
R. Hinde and J. Stcvenson-Hinde, Relationships within Families: Mutual Influences
Sue Walrond-Skinner, Family Matters: The Pastoral Care of Personal Relationships
Thelma Jean Goodrich, Cheryl Rampage, Barbara Ellman and Kris Halstead, Feminist Family Therapy: A Casebook
Lyman, C. Wynne, The State of the Art in Family Therapy: Controversies and Recommendations
J. Carpenter and A. Treacher, Problems and Solutions in Marital and Family Therapy
David Howe, The Consumer's View of Family Therapy
Marion F. Solomon, Narcissism and Intimacy: Love and Marriage in an Age of Confusion
W. H. O'Hanlon and M. Weiner-Davis, In Search of Solutions     

Book reviews

Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, A Family Affair: Helping Families Cope with Mental Illness
Iwao Hoshii, The World of Sex–Volume 3: Responsible Parenthood. Woodchurch, Ashford, 1987
W. Doherty and M. Baird (Eds), Family-Centred Medical Care. A Clinical Casebook
N. Stinnett and J. DeFrain, Secrets of Strong Families
Mark A. Chesler and Oscar A. Barbarin, Childhood Cancer and the Family: Meeting the Challenge of Stress and Support
Leslie Cameron-Bandler, Solutions, Practical and Effective Antidotes for Sexual and Relationship Problems
Virnala Pillari, Pathways to Family Myths     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Jeri Doane and Diane Diamond Affect and Attachment in the Family: A Family-based Treatment of Major Psychiatric Disorder.
Jane Ribbens Mothers and Their Children. A Feminist Sociology of Chiidrearing.
Charlotte Burck and Bebe Speed, (eds) Gender, Power and Relationships.
Eddy Street Counselling for Family Problems.
Gerald R. Weeks and Larry Hof (eds), The Marital-Relationship Therapy Casebook: Theory and Application of the Intersystem Model.
Andrew I. Schwebel and Mark A. Fine, Understanding and Helping Families. A Cognitive-Behavioural Approach.
Janine Roberts, Tales and Transformations: Stories in Families and Family Therapy.     

Book reviews

Margaret Robinson, Family Transformation Through Divorce and Remarriage. A Systemic Approach
Froma Walsh and Monica McGoldrick (eds), Living Beyond Loss: Death in the Family
Rudi Dallos, Family Belief Systems, Therapy and Change
Lone Jacobsen and Peter Vesti, Torture Survivors – A New Group of Patients
W. Robert Beavers and Robert B. Hampson, Successful Families: Assessment and Intervention
Gregory Max Vogt and Stephen T. Sirridge, Like Son, Like Father: Healing the Father–Son Wound in Men's Lives
Douglas Hooper and Windy Dryden (eds), Couple Therapy: A Handbook. Open University Press Psychotherapy Handbook Series
Peter Stratton, Michael Preston-Shoot and Helga Hanks, Family Therapy: Training and Practice     

Book reviews

Jeffrey K. Zeig, Experiencing Erickson: An Introduction to the Man and his Work David Will and Robert M. Wrate, Integrated Family Therapy, a Problem-centred Psycho-dynamic Approach Sandra B. Coleman (Ed.), Failures in Family Therapy John B. Burnham, Family Therapy: First Steps Towards a Systemic Approach Stephen R. Lankton and Carol H. Lankton, Enchantment and Intervention in Family Therapy. Training in Eriksonian Approaches Rochdale Health Visitors, Child Abuse: Are You Safe? Colin Murray Parkes and Dora Black (Journal Eds), Bereavement Care John Howard and Graham Shepherd (Eds), Conciliation, Children and Divorce. A Family Systems Approach P. Watchtel and E. Watchtel, Family Dynamics in Individual Psychotherapy Joy K. Rice and David G. Rice, Living Through Divorce: A Developmental Approach to Divorce Therapy Larry L. Constantine, Family Paradigms. The Practice of Theory in Family Therapy Robert N. Rapoport (Ed.), Children, Youth, and Families: The Action-Research Relationship     

Book reviews

M. Monoco and J. Thorburn, Self-Helpfor Parents with Children in Care
Lynn Segal, The Dream of Reality: Heinz von Foerster's Constructivism
Beverley Raphael, When Disaster Strikes. Hutchison Education
Luciane L'Abate and Steven E. Weinstein, Structured Enrichment Programmes for Couples and Families
H. Charles Fishman and Bernice L. Rosman (Eds), Evolving Models for Family Change: A Volume in Honour of Salvador Minuchin
R. Julian Hafner, Marriage and Mental Illness–A Sex-Roles Perspective
Donald E. Efron (Ed.), Journeys–Expansion of the Strategic–Systemic Therapies
Lori A. Goldfarb, Mary Jane Brotherstone, Jean Ann Summers and Ann P. Turnbull, Meeting the Challenge of Disability or Chronic Illness. A Family Guide
Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, The Family, the Patient, and the Psychiatric Hospital: Toward a New Model
J. Leff and C. Vaughn, Expressed Emotion in Families
R. H. Falloon, J. L. Boyd and C. W. McGill, Family Care of Schizophrenia. A Problem-Solving Approach to the Treatment of Mental Illness     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
E. Jones and E. Asen, Systemic Couple Therapy and Depression
Alan Carr, Family Therapy. Concepts, Process and Practice
Torben Marner, Letters to Children in Family Therapy: A Narrative Approach
David Campbell, The Socially Constructed Organization
Gitte Haslebo and Kit Nielsen, Systems and Meaning – Consulting in Organizations
Christopher Clulow (ed.), Adult Attachment and Couple Psychotherapy, The 'Secure Base' in Practice and Research
C. Everett Bailey (ed.), Children in Therapy – Using the Family as a Resource     

Book reviews

Helen B. Landgarten, Family Art Psychotherapy: A Clinical Guide and Casebook
David Greenwald and Steven J. Zeitlin, No Reason to Talk About It. Families Confront the Nuclear Taboo
Ammy van Heusden and ElseMarie van den Eerenbeemt, Balance in Motion. Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy and His Vision of Individual and Family Therapy
Wilf Fox, Parental Participation in Child Care Planning. Social Work Monographs
Peter Steinglass, Linda Bennet, Steven Wolin and David Reiss. The Alcoholic Family
Robin Skynner (edited by John R. Schlapobersky), Explorations with Families: Group Analysis and Family Therapy
John D. Friesen, Structural-Strategic Marriage and Family Therapy
Jurgen Ruesch and Gregory Bateson, Communication: The Social Matrix of Psychiatry
Joyce C. Mills and Richard J.Crowley, Therapeutic Metaphors for Children and the Child Within
Peter Riches (Ed.), Children and Society
Michael P. Nichols, The Self in the System: Expanding the Limits of Family Therapy
Cyril Greenland, Preventing 'CAN' Deaths: An International Study of Deaths due to Child Abuse and Neglect
Judith Lowe, Social Work and Angry Parents
John Corden and Michael Preston-Shoot, Contracts in Social Work
Arlene Vetere and Anthony Gale, Ecological Studies of Family Life     

Systematic Review of Self‐Report Family Assessment Measures

A systematic review of self‐report family assessment measures was conducted with reference to their psychometric properties, clinical utility and theoretical underpinnings. Eight instruments were reviewed: The McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD); Circumplex Model Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales (FACES); Beavers Systems Model Self‐Report Family Inventory (SFI); Family Assessment Measure III (FAM III); Family Environment Scale (FES); Family Relations Scale (FRS); and Systemic Therapy Inventory of Change (STIC); and the Systemic Clinical Outcome Routine Evaluation (SCORE). Results indicated that five family assessment measures are suitable for clinical use (FAD, FACES‐IV, SFI, FAM III, SCORE), two are not (FES, FRS), and one is a new system currently under‐going validation (STIC).     

Book Reviews

John Mordechai Gottman, Marital Interaction: Experimental Investigations
R. M. Lerrer and G. B. Spanier (Eds), Child Influences on Marital and Family Interaction
Action Speaks Louder: A Handbook of Non-verbal Group Techniques
Paul Watzławick, The Language of Change
Alfred French, Distracted Children and Their Families
Richard Lansdown, More Than Sympathy—the everyday needs of sick and handicapped children and their families
Lee Headley, Adults and Their Parents in Family Therapy: A New Direction in Treatment     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed of this article:
Chris Mace (ed.), The Art and Science of Assessment in Psychotherapy.
David de Vaus, Letting Go: Relationships between Adults and their Parents.
Steve de Shazer, Words Were Originally Magic.
Alan Carr Positive Practice: A Step-By-Step Guide to Family Therapy.
Jacques Miermont, The Dictionary of Family Therapy , (1987); edited and revised by Hugh Jenkins .     

Book reviews

A. Y. Napier and C. A. Whitaker, The Family Crucible .
Richard R. Abidin (Ed.), Parenting Skills Workbook and Parenting Skills Trainer's Manual .
E. M. R. Lomax, In collaboration with J. Kagan and B. G. Rosenkrantz, Science and Patterns of Child Care .
J. W. Milden, The Family in Past Time: A Guide to the Literature .