I was just looking at the post counts on my categories and seeing few posts I have (only 2) family therapy category. I think that reflects the state of the field right now, as well as my own internal conceptual development which is not yet entirely integrated. Two things for sure: 1. Almost everything I’ve [...]
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Archive | March, 2007
“Truth about self-harm” from MHF in UK
March 20, 2007
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Thanks to a recent link from Psychsplash to the Mental Health Foundation in the U.K., I discovered a helpful publication called “The truth about self-harm.” Here is a description from the website: The booklet is for anyone who wants to understand self-harm among young people – why it happens, how to deal with it, and [...]
Read moreGender, race, and culture in risk formulations
March 14, 2007
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I’m trying to think about how to categorize risk factors related to gender, race, culture when presenting about risk and guiding people to make risk formulations. In my initial concept maps, I included “male gender” as one of the “predisposition” factors, following categories offered by Bryan & Rudd (2006). But then when I saw how [...]
Read moreOrganizational factors that support care of suicidal person
March 7, 2007
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Wendi Cross, a gifted and innovative colleague in our department, presented at our Family Research Roundtable yesterday. One of the ways she is contributing to the field is to raise awareness about, and develop methodology to study, the factors surrounding implementation of an evidence-based intervention (be it training, prevention, or therapeutic intervention) that influence its [...]
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