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• Baldwin, S., Christian, S., Berkeljon, A., Shadish, W., & Bean, R. The Effects of Family Therapies for Adolescent Delinquency and Substance Abuse: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2012, 38, 281-304.
• Chamberlain, P. Treating Chronic Juvenile Offenders: Advances Made Through Oregon Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care Model.2003, Washington DC. American Psychological Association.
• Eyberg SM, Nelson NM, Boggs SR. Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments for Children and Adolescents With Disruptive Behavior. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 2008; 37 (1):215-37.
• Henggeler, S., Schoenwald, S., Rowland, M., & Cunningham, P., Multisystemic Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Serious Emotional Disturbance, New York: Guilford. 2002.
• Henggeler, S., Schoenwalds, S., Bordin, C., Rowland, M., & Cunningham, P. Multisystemic Therapy for Antisocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents. (2nd ed)2009, New York: Guilford.
• Henggeler, S., & Sheidow, A. Empirically Supported Family-Based Treatments for Conduct Disorder and Delinquency in Adolescents. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2012, 38, 30-58.
• Henggeler, S., Schoenwalds, S., Bordin, C., Rowland, M., & Cunningham, P. Multisystemic Therapy for Antisocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents. (2nd ed)2009, New York: Guilford
• Henggeler, S. Efficacy Studies to Large Scale Transport: The Development and Validation of MST Programs. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 2011, 7, 351-381.
• Henggeler, S., & Sheidow, A. Empirically Supported Family-Based Treatments for Conduct Disorder and Delinquency i Kuipers, L., Leff, J., & Lam, D. Family Work for Schizophrenia (2nd ed). 2002, London: Gaskell n Adolescents. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2012, 38, 30-58.
• Henggeler, S., Schoenwalds, S., Bordin, C., Rowland, M., & Cunningham, P. Multisystemic Therapy for Antisocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents. (2nd ed)2009, New York: Guilford
• Huey, S., Henggeler, S., Rowland, M., Halliday-Boykins, C., Cunningham, P., Pickrel, S., & Edwards, J. Multisystemic Therapy Reduces Risk in a High-Risk Sample. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2004, 43. 183-190.
• Schoenwald, S., Henggeler, S., & Rowland, M. Multisystemic Therapy. I T. Sexton & J. Lebow (eds), Handbook of Family Therapy (4th ed), 2015, 271-285. New York: Routledge.
• Smith, D., & Chamberlain, P. Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care for Adolescents: Processes and Outcomes, in J. Weisz & A. Kazdin (Eds), Evidence-Based Psychotherapies for Children and Adolescents (2nd ed), 2010, 243-258, New York: Guilford Press.
• Woolfenden, S., Williams, K., & Peat, J., Family and Parenting Interventions for Conduct Disorder and Delinquency: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Archives of Diseases in Childhood, 2002, 86, 251-256.
• Kristyn Zajac, Jeff Randall, Cynthia Cupit Swenson Multisystemic Therapy for Externalizing Youth Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2015 Mar 29;24(3):601–616

• Baldwin, S., Christian, S., Berkeljon, A., Shadish, W., & Bean, R. The Effects of Family Therapies for Adolescent Delinquency and Substance Abuse: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2012, 38, 281-304.
• Santiseban, S., Suarez-Morales, L., Robbins, M., & Szapocznik, J. Brief Strategic Family Therapy : Lessons Learned in Efficacy Research and Challenges to Blending Research and Practice. Family Process
• Sexton, T. Functional Family Therapy in Clinical Practice. 2011, New York: Routledge.
• Sexton, T. Functional Family Therapy , in T. Sexton and J. Lebow (eds), Handbook of Family Therapy (4th ed). 2015, New York: Routledge.
• Szapocznik, J., Hervis, O., & Schwartz, S. Brief Strategic Family Therapy for Adolescent Drug Abuse. 2002, Rockville, MD, National Institute for Drug Abuse.
• Szapocznik, J., Duff, J., Schwartz, D., Muir, J., & Brown, C. Brief Strategic Family Therapy for Behavior Problem Youth: Theory, Intervention, Research and Implementation, in T. Sexton & J. Lebow (eds), Handbook of Family Therapy (4th ed )2015, 286-304. New York: Routledge.

• Barrett, P.M., Farrell L.M., Pina A, Peris T.S., Piacentini J. Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments for Child and Adolescent Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008, 37, 131-155.
• Franklin, M.E., Kratz, H.E., Freeman, J.B., Ivarsson, T, Heyman, I, & Sookman, D. Accreditation Task Force of the Canadian Institute for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Empirical Review and Clinical Recommendations. Psychiatry Research. 2015, 227, 78-92.
• Freeman, J., Garcia, A., Frank, H., Benito, K., Conelea, C., Walther, M., & Edmunds, J. Evidence Base Updates for Psychosocial Treatments for Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 2015, 43, 7-26.
• Peris, T., Thamrin, H., Rozenman, M., Family Intervention for Child and Adolescent Anxiety: A Meta-analytic Review of Therapy Targets, Techniques, and Outcomes May 2021 Journal of Affective Disorders, 282-295.
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• Erica E. Coates, Sierra Coffey, Kaela Farrise Beauvoir, Emily Aron, Katherine R. Hayes and Felipa T. Chavez Black Clinicians’ Perceptions of the Cultural Relevance of Parent–Child Interaction Therapy for Black Families Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(10), 1327; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21101327 
• Michelle Cross, Yasmeen Abdul-Karim, Amy Johnson, Colleen Victor and Andrew Rosenfeld Healing Together: A Narrative Review on How Psychiatric Treatment for Parental Depression Impacts Children Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(3), 367; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21030367 
• Dominique Charlot-Swilley, Kandace Thomas, Christina F. Mondi, David W. Willis and Marie-Celeste Condon A Holistic Approach to Early Relational Health: Cultivating Culture, Diversity, and Equity Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(5), 563; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21050563 

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• Lock et al, Family vs Individual Treatment for Children With Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry April 2026
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Papers

• Allan M. Josephson, M.D. ∙ The AACAP Work Group on Quality Issues Practice Parameter for the Assessment of the Family JAACAP Volume 46, Issue 7 p922-937 July 2007
• Mark E. Feinberg, Anna R. Solmeyer, and Susan M. McHale The Third Rail of Family Systems: Sibling Relationships, Mental and Behavioral Health, and Preventive Intervention in Childhood and Adolescence Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev. 2012 March ; 15(1): 43–57. doi:10.1007/s10567-011-0104-5
• Mona DeKoven Fishbane Healing Intergenerational Wounds: An Integrative Relational-Neurobiological Approach Fam Process 2019 Dec;58(4):796-818. doi: 10.1111/famp.12488. Epub 2019 Sep 13 (PDF)
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Books

 
Families and Family Therapy
Salvador Minuchin

 
The Family Crucible: The Intense Experience of Family Therapy
Carl A. Whitaker, Augustus Y. Napier, Augustus Y Napier and Carl A Whitaker, et al.

• History - Douglas A Kramer History of Family Psychiatry: From the Social Reform Era to the Primate Social Organ System Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2015 Jul;24(3):439-55

• Family-Based Treatment Approaches in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.     A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2025).
• Kimberly S Hsiung, Kelly Geelan, Katherine Trapani, Rachel Walden, Jon S Ebert, Alexandra Bettis Parent-focused interventions delivered in the inpatient child and adolescent psychiatry setting: A scoping review Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2025 May 19:13591045251343922. doi: 10.1177/13591045251343922
• Masha Y Ivanova, et al A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of the Family Assessment and Feedback Intervention (FAFI): Effects on Mental Health Literacy and Attitudinal Engagement with Health Supports and Services  Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2024 May 25. doi: 10.1007/s10578-024-01707-0
• Thomas A Roesler, Michelle L Rickerby An Introduction to Family-Based Treatment in Child Psychiatry Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2015 Jul;24(3):xiii-xv. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2015.03.002
• Hanna Stolper, Marjolein van der Vegt, Karin van Doesum and Majone Steketee The Integrated Family Approach in Mental Health Care Services: A Study of Risk Factors Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(5), 640; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21050640 
• Rachel Yoder, Alyssa Michaud, Amanda Feagans, Kendra E. Hinton-Froese, Allison Meyer, Victoria A. Powers, Leah Stalnaker and Melissa K. Hord Family-Based Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, and ADHD for a Parent and Child Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(4), 504; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21040504 

• Clark, G., & DeBar, L. Group Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Adolescent Depression, in J. Weisz & A. Kazdin (Eds), Evidence- Based Psychotherapies for Children and Adolecents, (2nd ed) New York Guilford, 2010, 110-124.
• Eckshtain, D., Horn, R., Weisz, J., Family-Based Interventions for Youth Depression: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials, National Library of Medicine 2023; 54(6):1737-1748.
• Miklowitz, D. Bipolar Disorder: A Family-Focused Treatment Approach, (2nd ed), New York: Guilford. 2008.
• Miklowitz, D., Chung, B., Family-Focused Therapy for Bipolar Disorder: Reflections on 30 Years of Research 2016 Jul 29;55(3):483–499.
• Eva S. Potharst, Damiët Truijens,Francisca J. A. van Steensel, Steve Killick and Susan M. Bögels A Case Report on How BOAM Offers a Brief Family-Based Treatment by Integrating Psychoeducation and Self-Diagnostics Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2025, 22(4), 559; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22040559 
• Misty C. Richards, Camila A. Ferrario, Ying Yan and Nicole M. McDonald The Impact of Postpartum Depression on the Early Mother-Infant Relationship during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perception versus Reality Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(2), 164; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21020164 
• Stark, K., Streusand, W., Krumholz, L., & Patel, P. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression. The Action Treatment Program for Girls. In J. Weisz & A. Kazdin (eds), Evidence-Based Psychotherapies for Children and Adolescents (2nd ed), New York: Guilford. 2010.
• Stark, K., Banneyer, K., Wang, L., & Arora, P. Child and Adolescent Depression in the Family. Couple and Family Pychology: Research and Practice. 2012. 1, 161-184.
• Andrea S Young, Mary A Fristad Family-Based Interventions for Childhood Mood Disorders Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2015 Jul;24(3):517-34. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2015.02.008. Epub 2015 Apr 29.
• Waraan, L., Siqveland, J., Aalberg, M., et al. Family therapy for adolescents with depression and suicidal ideation: A systematic review and meta-analysis 2022 SagePub Volume 28
• J. Corey Williams, Noel Bravo, Preeti Kota, Janaire Hawkins and Katherine Greene Centering Diverse Communities within Mindful Parenting Interventions in the U.S.: A Narrative Literature Review Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(10), 1360; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21101360 

• Lindsay M Anderson, Jennifer B Freeman, Martin E Franklin, Jeffrey J Sapyta Family-Based Treatment of Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Clinical Considerations and Application Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2015 Jul;24(3):535-55. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2015.02.003. Epub 2015 May 6.

• Christine B Sieberg, Juliana Manganella Family Beliefs and Interventions in Pediatric Pain Management Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2015 Jul;24(3):631-45. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2015.02.006. Epub 2015 Mar 29.

• Cohen, J., Mannarino, A., & Deblinger, E. Treating Trauma and Traumatic Grief in Children and Adolescents. New York: Guilford. 1st ed 2006; 2nd ed 2017.
• Cohen, J. & Mannarino, A. Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Traumatized Children and Families Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2015 Apr 22;24(3):557–570. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2015.02.005.
• Ramirez de Arrellano, M., Lyman, D., Jobe-Shields, L., George, P., Dougherty, R., Daniels, A., Ghose, S., Huang, L., & Delphin-Rittmon, M. Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Children and Adolescents: Assessing the Evidence. Psychiatric Services, 2014, 65, 591-602.

• Gleeson, J., Ludwig, K., Stiles, B., Piantella, S., McNab, C., Cotton, S., Fraser, M., Alvarez-Jimenez, M., Watson, A., Fraser, E., Penn, David Systematic review and meta-analysis of family-based interventions for early psychosis: Carer and patient outcomes. 2025 Science Direct 57-78
• McFarlane, W., Lynch, S., & Melton, R., Family Psycho-education in Clinical High Risk and First-Epsiode Psychosis. Adolescent Psychiatry. 2012, 2, 182-194.

• Carr, A. The Evidence-Base for Family Therapy and Systemic Interventions for Child-Focused Problems. Journal of Family Therapy. 2014, 36, 107-157.
• Carr, A. Family Therapy for Adolescents: A Research-informed Perspective. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy 2016, 37, 467-479.
• Carr, A. Family therapy and systemic interventions for child-focused problems: the current evidence base Journal of Family Therapy 2019 153-213.
• Allan M Josephson From Family Therapy to Family Intervention Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2015 Jul;24(3):457-70. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2015.02.002. Epub 2015 Apr 14.
• Rickerby M, Roesler TA. Eds. Child Adolesc Psychiatric Clin N Am Edition on Family-Based Treatment in Child Psychiatry 2015 (July).
• Sharma N, Sargent J, Overview of the Evidence Base for Family Interventions in Child Psychiatry. Child Adolesc Psychiatric Clin N Am 24 (2015) 471-485.

• Diamond, G., Wintersteen, M., Brown, G., Diamond, G., Gallop, R., Shelef, K., & Levy, S. Attachment- Based Family Therapy for Depressed Adolescents with Suicidal Ideation: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2010, 49, 122-131.
• King, C., Kramer, A., Preuss, L., Kerr, D., Weisse, L., & Venkataraman, S. Youth-Nominated Support Team for Suicidal Adolescents (Version 1), a Randomized-Controlled Trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , 2006, 74, 199-206.
• Miller, A., Rathus, J., & Linehan, M., Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents. 2007, New York: Guilford.
• Pravin I, Diamond G, Siqveland J, Diamond G. What Can Attachment Based Family Therapy Offer Depressed and Suicidal Youth. Suicidology 2011, Arg. 16 NR 1. 13-17.
• Waraan, L., Siqveland, J., Aalberg, M., et al. Family therapy for adolescents with depression and suicidal ideation: A systematic review and meta-analysis 2022 SagePub Volume 28.