Textbook of Family and Couples Therapy: Clinical Applications edited by G. Pirooz Sholevar & Linda Schwoeri (American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.) Family therapy is based on the conception that psychopathology rests in the family system rather than in the individual; nevertheless, the family is the greatest ally in the recovery of health of the individual. The fields of family and couples therapy entered the 21^st century having reached maturity by collaborating with other treatment modalities after having overcome its rebellious historical roots. The authors present 38 articles that discuss the basic theory, examine techniques of therapy with families and couples, address the treatment of specific disorders, and present reviews of current research. Textbook of Family and Couples Therapy draws together theories and techniques from the diverse schools of family therapy, combining them with practical clinical approaches in a single comprehensive resource. Under the editorial direction of acclaimed expert G. Pirooz Scholevar, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College , Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Textbook of Family and Couples Therapy presents the current body of theoretical knowledge and the latest empirically based clinical applications in the field. More

Biomedicine, the Family and Human Rights edited by Marie-Therese Meulders-Klein, Ruth Deech, Paul Vlaardingerbro (Kluwer Law International) examines the impact of advances in genetics and assisted reproduction technologies on family law, human rights and the rights of the child, including the effects of international treaties on national legislation. It surveys the theoretical, ethical and legal discussions with regard to biotechnology and family law issues and the search for a balance between safeguarding respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and the need to ensure freedom of research. However, biotechnology impinges not only on isolated individuals and their rights, but also on unborn children, the family as a network of living relationships and the basic structure of any society, as well as the foundation of parentage and kinship, social organization as a whole and, finally, mankind itself. As the attention of the world turns to cloning, this book will contribute to the search for a balance between the rights and freedoms of born and yet to be born human beings and the quest for new technologies. More

International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family 4 volumes. Second edition. edited by James J. Ponzetti, Jr. (Gale Group, Macmillan Reference USA). Illustrations, bibliography, index.

Twice the length of Macmillan's 1995 Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family and much more ambitious, the International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family contains nearly four hundred entries that place such topics as adolescent parenthood, child abuse and neglect, cohabitation, gay and lesbian parenting, and widowhood in cross-cultural perspective. In 1,838 double-columned pages within four volumes, the encyclopedia contains fifty entries that describe family life in specific countries, eleven entries on religion, and twelve entries on ethnic groups, ranging from the Basques and Canada 's First Nations to the Yoruba.  Contributors include leading authorities on divorce, domestic violence, fatherhood, and gender, such as Scott Coltrane, David H. Demo, Mark A. Fine, Richard J. Gelles, Ross D.  Parke, Barbara Risman, Dorothy G. Singer, and Arlene Skolnick.

Apparently targeted at family professionals, especially clinical psychologists, guidance counselors, and social workers, the encyclopedia is heavily weighted toward entries dealing with couple and parent-child relationships; children's cognitive, emotional, moral, and sexual development; and psychological and sexual disorders.  Assessment, therapies, and marital and parenting education programs also receive substantial attention.  Curiously few entries focus on the economics of the family, family law, governmental welfare and family policies, or the politics of the family. More

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