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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"family intervention"”.
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A behavioral family intervention to improve adherence and metabolic control in children with IDDM
… evaluated the effectiveness of a behavioral family intervention on adherence and metabolic control in insulin dependent diabetic children (IODM). Specifically, assumption of regimen responsibilities between the parent and child were manipulated to facilitate regimen adherence. The …
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The experience of different types of mania in bipolar disorder
Background Previous research investigating interventions which included family members and caregivers in the treatment of bipolar patients were shown to impact positively on patients’ outcomes. Although there is evidence that some family interventions showed improved relapse rates, other studies …
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Exploring fathers' experience of behavioural family therapy
Behavioural Family Therapy (BFT) as a family intervention has previously been evaluated, with specific attention to its effectiveness in reducing relapse rates in psychosis. Less research, however, has focused on the subjective experiences of having BFT and no known research has explored fathers’ …
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The Role of Intensive Family Support in the Governance of Anti-Social Behaviour
In seeking to make sense of the role of intensive family support in the governance of anti-social behaviour, this thesis has focused analytical attention on one case study project, the Family Support Service. Based on data collected from 35 interviews with women receiving the service, project staff …
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Experiential-Based Research Depicting Humanistic Survival after Violent Victimization & Traumatization Exploring Human Resilience, Spirituality, Meditation & Expressive Writing
… but did not seek professional mental-health intervention were interviewed; six had been abused as children and eight as adults. Some did not contact or follow through with reports to the police either because they faced pressure to drop charges or because they were children when abused. Some …
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Managing bipolar moods without medication : a qualitative investigation
… with a literature review examining whether family interventions for people diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder (BD) lead to better outcomes for their relatives, who often exhibit greater service utilisation and greater distress than the general population. Following a systematic search of the …
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Interrogating the 'crisis of fatherhood' : discursive constructions of fathers amongst peri-urban Xhosa-speaking adolescents
… classist conceptualisation of the nuclear family as an essential family form. The notion of the nuclear family as normative and desirable acts to limit appreciated forms of fathering to material provision, and may contribute to children feeling that they do not have a father, despite …
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Characteristics of Home Environment of High and Low Achieving Grade Nine Pupils in Selected Basic Schools in Lusaka Urban District
… in their children's education and provide family intervention programmes through parents' education. Furthermore, it was recommended that the Ministry of Education should develop programmes for teachers that would sensitize them about the impact of home environment factors on student …
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Characteristics of Home Environment of High and Low Achieving Grade Nine Pupils in Selected Basic Schools in Lusaka Urban District
… in their children's education and provide family intervention programmes through parents' education. Furthermore, it was recommended that the Ministry of Education should develop programmes for teachers that would sensitize them about the impact of home environment factors on student …