Marital and Family Therapy for Troubled Physicians and Their Families
- 13 April 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA)
- Vol. 251 (14) , 1855-1858
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1984.03340380037019
Abstract
Because individual therapy for troubled physicians has been notoriously difficult and often ineffective, we report our experience using a treatment—marital therapy—newly applied to such problems in the medical community. The sample involved 13 male physicians and their spouses with emotional difficulties in themselves and/or their relationships. After marital treatment, there was substantial improvement in more than 92% (12/13) of the physicians, their spouses, and/or their marital relationships. (JAMA1984;251:1855-1858)Keywords
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