Therapeutic alliance in family therapy and clinical outcomes among adolescents at risk for mood disorders

Wong, Nicole R.; Carta, Kayla E.; Weintraub, Marc J.; Miklowitz, David J.

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2021.12.088

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“…Enlightened by Miklowitz et al, Wong et al discovered the link between changes in the perception of family functioning and the improvement in depressive symptoms. They emphasized FFT's importance in improving depressive symptoms [41,43].…”

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“…With the recognition of FFT's effectiveness, researchers proposed that the next step could be finding a more efficient and economical way of enhancing family communication, which may require improving FFT [44]. Furthermore, by assessing the mediating process of FFT, it is found that the overall closeness of the therapeutic alliance of youths with their parents and therapists may influence the symptomatic outcome, indicating that enhancing the engagement of youths during FFT may have a long-term effect on the overall effectiveness of the treatment [43]. Moreover, to better help youths at risk of BD, researchers have developed a pilot study of the technology-enhanced version of FFT by developing a mobile app, using videos, graphs, and daily task reminders to help implement FFT [44].…”

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The Development of Family Focused Therapy for Youth at Risk for Bipolar Disorder: A Review of Literature

Leng

2023

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Bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe mental health disorder with mood swings and activation. Youths at risk of BD need treatment to prevent the syndromes from worsening and developing. Among the mass treatment approaches. The psychosocial treatment method of family-focused treatment (FFT) gradually proved to be a good way of helping youths at risk of BD. The researcher reviewed the literature and searched and screened related articles in the past 11 years. As a result, a clear path of development for FFT in treating youths with BD is found, with four stages identified: the beginning, the transition, the development, and the new development. Moreover, it is suggested that in future research, more investigation under comorbid disorders can be analyzed, and researchers can continue to modify the experimental design of comparison between FFT and enhanced care to increase the research's validity. Additionally, technology can be used to better assist FFT in treating youths at risk for BD.

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The Development of Family Focused Therapy for Youth at Risk for Bipolar Disorder: A Review of Literature

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2023

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Behavioral skill practice as a predictor of mood and family functioning in adolescents with bipolar and depressive mood disorders: Results of a 6‐month randomized trial of family‐focused therapy

Weintraub,

Merranko,

Ichinose

et al. 2024

Bipolar Disorders

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ObjectiveBehavioral interventions require considerable practice of treatment skills in between therapy sessions. The effects of these treatments may vary with the degree to which patients are able to implement these practices. In offspring of parents with bipolar and major depressive disorders, we examined whether youth who frequently practiced communication and problem‐solving skills between family‐focused therapy (FFT) sessions had less severe mood symptoms and better psychosocial functioning over 6 months than youth who practiced less frequently.MethodsWe randomly assigned offspring (ages 12–19) of parents with mood disorders to 12 sessions of FFT plus a mobile app that encouraged the practice of communication, problem‐solving and mood management skills (FFT‐MyCoachConnect [MCC] condition) or 12 sessions of FFT with an app that only allowed for tracking of symptoms and stress (FFT‐Track condition). Independent evaluators assessed youths' mood and psychosocial functioning at 9‐week intervals over 27 weeks. Clinicians rated participants' between‐session skill practice at each FFT session.ResultsFFT‐MCC was associated with more frequent skill practice than FFT‐Track over 18 weeks of treatment. Skill practice was associated with reductions in youths' mood instability and perceptions of family conflict over 27 weeks in both app conditions. Skill practice mediated the effects of app condition on youths' mood instability and family functioning.ConclusionsMobile applications as adjuncts to family therapy for youth with mood disorders can help increase skill practice. These findings provide preliminary causal evidence for behavioral skill practice improving mood symptoms and family functioning among youth with mood disorders.

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Therapeutic alliance in family therapy and clinical outcomes among adolescents at risk for mood disorders

Cited by 2 publications

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The Development of Family Focused Therapy for Youth at Risk for Bipolar Disorder: A Review of Literature

The Development of Family Focused Therapy for Youth at Risk for Bipolar Disorder: A Review of Literature

Behavioral skill practice as a predictor of mood and family functioning in adolescents with bipolar and depressive mood disorders: Results of a 6‐month randomized trial of family‐focused therapy

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