Treating difficult couples: Helping clients with coexisting mental and relationship disorders.

Abstract

Part 1: Empirical and Conceptual Issues in Managing Emotional, Behavioral, and Health Concerns in Couple Therapy: An Overview. Whisman, Uebelacker, Comorbidity of Relationship Distress and Mental and Physical Health Problems. Snyder, Schneider, Castellani, Tailoring Couple Therapy to Individual Differences: A Conceptual Approach. Part 2: Couple-based Treatments for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Baucom, Stanton, Epstein, Anxiety Disorders. Beach, Gupta, Depression. Miklowitz, Morris, Bipolar Disorder. Mueser, Brunette, Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders. Fals-Stewart, Birchler, O'Farrell, Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse. Regev, O'Donohue, Avina, Sexual Dysfunction. Holtzworth-Munroe, Marshall, Meehan, Rehman, Physical Aggression. Part 3: Adapting Couple Therapy to Individual Problems. A. E. Fruzzetti, A. R. Fruzzetti, Borderline Personality Disorder. Terkelsen, Paranoia. Scharff, Bagnini, Narcissistic Disorder. Johnson, Makinen, Posttraumatic Stress. McCarthy, Sypeck, Childhood Sexual Trauma. Osterman, Sher, Hales, Canar, Singla, Tilton, Physical Illness. Qualls, Aging and Cognitive Impairment. Wills, Bereavement and Complicated Grief. Part 4: Integration. Snyder, Whisman, Understanding Psychopathology and Couple Dysfunction: Implications for Clinical Practice, Training, and Research.