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IRWIN M. GREENBERG, MD; IRA GLICK, MD; SANDRA MATCH, MSW; SYLVIA S. RIBACK, MSW

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1964;10(1):7-24.

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With the rapid development and increasing applications of family therapy during the past ten years, there have been a number of reports by various workers stating their reasons for undertaking the treatment of the family as a unit. There have also been some results reported, although these reports have not been as numerous as those describing the indications for family therapy.

It is the purpose of this communication to present what we have found to be their indications and short-term results and to offer a rationale for family treatment based on ego-psychological and group process concepts. In reviewing the literature, four areas shall be described: indications, settings, length and frequency of interviews, and results.

In 1890, a social worker, Zilpha Smith,^39,41 in an address to her colleagues stated, "Most of you deal with poor persons or defective persons as individuals, removed from family . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
GLEN OAKS, NY

From the Division of Inpatient Services and Department of Social Service, Hillside Hospital.

Staff Psychiatrist (Dr. Greenberg), Hillside Hospital; Resident in Psychiatry (Dr. Glick), Hillside Hospital; Staff Case Worker (Sandra Match), Hillside Hospital; Supervising Case Worker ( Sylvia S. Riback), Hillside Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Aug 19, 1963.

This paper was, in part, presented at an Institute entitled "Ego Psychology: Its Application to Social Work With Groups in the Mental Hospital," sponsored by the Adelphi College Graduate School of Social Work in cooperation with Hillside Hospital and the Northport Veterans Administration Hospital, June 10-11, 1963, at Hillside Hospital.

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