M Graça Pereira, Ana Cristina Bernardo, Mafalda Silva, Ana C Almeida
{"title":"Marital adjustment and quality of life in fibromyalgia.","authors":"M Graça Pereira, Ana Cristina Bernardo, Mafalda Silva, Ana C Almeida","doi":"10.1037/fsh0000962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/fsh0000962","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Fibromyalgia is a disease that impacts the daily lives of patients and their partners with an impact on quality of life (QoL) and marital adjustment. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship among sociodemographic, clinical, and psychological variables on QoL and marital adjustment.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This cross-sectional study included patients (<i>n</i> = 76) and partners (<i>n</i> = 58) assessed on psychological morbidity (anxiety and depression symptoms), fatigue severity, family coping, QoL, and marital adjustment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Pain control beliefs had an indirect effect in the relationship between psychological morbidity and marital adjustment and between family coping and marital adjustment, and a direct effect in the relationship between psychological morbidity/fatigue severity and QoL and between family coping and marital adjustment, revealing an indirect effect in this latter relationship. Also, the dyadic analysis showed an actor effect between family coping and marital adjustment of both patients and partners and a partner effect between family coping in partners' and patients' marital adjustment.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The results of this study underline the need for interventions to address the dyad and be focused on pain beliefs and on the importance of family coping to promote patients and partners' marital adjustment and QoL. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55612,"journal":{"name":"Families Systems & Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143598024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brandon M Smith, Laura Prichett, Nazanin Yousefzadeh, Megan M Tschudy, Sara B Johnson, Katherine A Connor
{"title":"Emergency department visits for mental and behavioral health disorders by students enrolled in a school-based health center.","authors":"Brandon M Smith, Laura Prichett, Nazanin Yousefzadeh, Megan M Tschudy, Sara B Johnson, Katherine A Connor","doi":"10.1037/fsh0000939","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/fsh0000939","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The prevalence of mental and behavioral health disorders (MBHDs) in children is rising, along with the use of emergency departments (EDs) for care. School-based health centers (SBHCs) are accessible clinics that can provide integrated primary care and behavioral health services and are associated with decreased acute health care utilization. However, little is known about the relationship between SBHC enrollment and ED utilization for MBHD. We sought to describe ED utilization for MBHD among children enrolled in a comprehensive SBHC.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Descriptive, cross-sectional analysis of Medicaid data for SBHC-enrolled students (SBHC users and nonusers) in Grades K-8, September 2015-August 2019, compared to propensity score-matched children not enrolled in the school. We calculated ED visit rates using 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases codes for MBHD and ranked MBHD codes by percentage of encounters.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1,173 SBHC-enrolled students (SBHC users: n = 816; SBHC nonusers: n = 357) and 2,594 controls were included. SBHC-enrolled students and controls were well matched (mean age = 10.7 years, SD = 3.5, 51% female, and 82.7% Black, non-Hispanic). ED visit rates with any code for MBHD differed between the subset of SBHC users (49.9 visits/1,000) and the controls (72.5/1,000). Depression was the top reason for primary presentations for MBHD among SBHC users versus attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder for controls.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>ED visit rates for MBHD were lower among SBHC users compared to controls. SBHCs may prevent low-acuity ED visits for MBHD by leveraging an integrated approach to behavioral health in the education setting. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55612,"journal":{"name":"Families Systems & Health","volume":"43 1","pages":"38-48"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Game theory: Using play to talk with my children about the unpredictable road to recovery.","authors":"Miranda Worthen","doi":"10.1037/fsh0000913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/fsh0000913","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this narrative, a mother with an unexpected medical setback creates a board game with her children to talk with them about what happened and share their emotions about the experience. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55612,"journal":{"name":"Families Systems & Health","volume":"43 1","pages":"174-176"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A qualitative study on the dyadic coping experience of human papillomavirus-infected patients of childbearing age and their spouses.","authors":"Dandan Gu, Jie Gong, Juan Xie, Xiaoqin Liu","doi":"10.1037/fsh0000908","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fsh0000908","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>China's recent policy initiatives and dedication of resources to heighten the public's awareness of cancer risks have led to increased cervical cancer screening and testing for human papillomavirus (HPV) which has resulted in a greater number of people diagnosed with HPV. The psychological stress experienced by women of childbearing age who are infected with HPV is also felt by their spouses, as the close relationship between spouses results in intertwined psychological distress and health statuses. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the dyadic coping experience of HPV-infected patients of childbearing age and their spouses in China and to provide a research basis for marital interventions for the disease.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>From July 2022 to January 2023, we used a purposive sampling method to select 11 pairs of HPV-infected patients of childbearing age and their spouses from a tertiary hospital. We conducted in-depth interviews with the patients and their spouses and analyzed the data using Colaizzi's seven-step method.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified three main themes and eight subthemes: (a) stress perception (including negative psychological reactions, emotional relationship deterioration, and family social role imbalance), (b) stress communication (including enhancing communication awareness and changing communication methods), and (c) stress adjustment (including supporting each other emotionally, facing the disease together, and seeking social support).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Health care professionals should assess the stress experienced by patients and their spouses. Moreover, they should encourage them to better cope with the disease as a team. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55612,"journal":{"name":"Families Systems & Health","volume":" ","pages":"88-98"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142481749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stephanie Godleski, Kurt Dermen, Mark E Feinberg, Craig R Colder, Emily Verdaasdonk, Rina D Eiden
{"title":"Adaptation of a couples intervention to promote coparenting and reduce hazardous drinking during transition to parenthood.","authors":"Stephanie Godleski, Kurt Dermen, Mark E Feinberg, Craig R Colder, Emily Verdaasdonk, Rina D Eiden","doi":"10.1037/fsh0000936","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fsh0000936","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Hazardous drinking by fathers poses a significant risk for negative family interactions and child outcomes. The transition to parenthood may be a time when expectant parents are potentially motivated for health behavior change, suggesting that implementing preventive interventions during this period may be particularly effective. This article provides an overview of the rationale for an innovative prevention strategy incorporating alcohol-use intervention with a family-focused program.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We describe the process of integration and adaptation of two evidence-based interventions beginning in pregnancy: (a) Family Foundations, a universal transition-to-parenthood intervention for couples to enhance coparenting and couple dyadic functioning, and (b) brief intervention to address alcohol use delivered using a couples-focused motivational interviewing style.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Lessons learned from pilot testing (conducted October 2020-March 2021) included the importance of softened framing of the discussions and language used around alcohol use given that parents were not specifically seeking treatment for alcohol use and the program was described as a parenting program that included discussion of health behaviors, including drinking. In addition, we found that evoking discussion and communication within dyads and supporting autonomy in decision making regarding alcohol use also facilitated engagement.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Pilot testing demonstrated the acceptability and feasibility of an adapted, integrated intervention program designed to strengthen coparenting skills and dyadic functioning and promote lower risk levels of alcohol use among couples during the transition to parenthood. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55612,"journal":{"name":"Families Systems & Health","volume":" ","pages":"133-149"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12081189/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142647762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Equity-based narratives in physician-family conversations about goals of care.","authors":"Andrew Childress, Woods Nash","doi":"10.1037/fsh0000963","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/fsh0000963","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>During conversations about the goals of care, clinicians sometimes use communication strategies that are inadequate for promoting shared decision making. Instead of jointly constructing an equity-based narrative of the patient's illness with the family, clinical care teams often treat the patient as if they are abstracted from their cultural, social, and family background. This approach to decision making fails to account for health inequities and cultural differences while reinforcing asymmetrical power dynamics that favor the health care team and institution.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>After reviewing the literature on health communication and health equity, we determined that language, particularly the use of metaphors, can reinforce systems of power that benefit clinical care teams, often at the expense of patients and their families.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In this article, we offer a novel approach to these conversations that considers tensions between the frames of the dominant narrative of individualism used by clinicians who see a patient in abstraction from systems and an equity-based narrative that is concerned with those systems and their impacts on the patient.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>This article offers some guidance for clinicians on how to craft goals of care conversations in ways that are meaningful to patients and families while enhancing communication and promoting shared decision making. While this article focuses on a specific discussion about caring for a patient in the intensive care unit, the approach offered here could be applied to any goals of care conversation. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55612,"journal":{"name":"Families Systems & Health","volume":"43 1","pages":"150-156"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kevin M Wilfong, Christopher L Hunter, Phillip C Kroke, Justin C Curry, Jeffrey L Goodie
{"title":"Penetration rates of behavioral health consultants targeting cardiovascular disease and associated modifiable risk factors among military health care beneficiaries.","authors":"Kevin M Wilfong, Christopher L Hunter, Phillip C Kroke, Justin C Curry, Jeffrey L Goodie","doi":"10.1037/fsh0000917","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fsh0000917","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Targeting cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its associated risk factors is important not only in the general population, but also among those served by the military health care system. The primary care behavioral health model of integrating behavioral health consultants (BHCs) into a primary care setting is one method for enhancing how these modifiable risk factors are addressed; however, it is unknown how often BHCs are used to target those with biopsychosocial factors contributing to CVD and those with diagnosed CVD.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The present study evaluated what percentage of primary care patients with diagnosed CVD risk factors (i.e., tobacco use, obesity, and depression) or diagnosed CVD were referred to BHCs. Data were drawn from electronic health records of U.S. military primary care clinics over the 3-year period from January 2017 to December 2019.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1,321,072 unique individuals were included. Among the sample, 37.1% were active duty, 40.6% were married, 43.8% were female, and 30.9% were between 45 and 64 years old. The study revealed penetration rates of 1.5% (8,577 of 583,659 patients) for patients diagnosed with CVD, 5.3% (10,286 of 192,566 patients) of those demonstrating tobacco use, 3.4% (8,765 of 256,852 patients) of those demonstrating obesity, and 20.0% (31,125 of 155,656 patients) of those diagnosed with depression.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>These findings suggest that BHCs are underutilized for targeting CVD and some associated risk factors in military primary care clinics. Research should explore whether these findings replicate in other health care systems and implement methods to improve BHC utilization. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55612,"journal":{"name":"Families Systems & Health","volume":" ","pages":"27-37"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142481751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Shifting sands in rural New Mexico.","authors":"Devon Fisher-Chavez","doi":"10.1037/fsh0000914","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fsh0000914","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The author describes his first day on the obstetrics unit of a rural hospital in New Mexico. As a fourth-year medical student, he was excited to show all that he knew about pregnancy and delivery. He recounts the delivery of a fetus via c-section that was stillborn. There was a post-mortem one hour later with the surgeons, nurses, and residents. The patient spoke only Spanish, which put an enormous strain on the interpreter who the author noticed sitting near the center of the room. The team of nurses, doctors, and surgeons argued around her, obviously upset about how the case was handled. The author watched the translator for a moment and noticed a tear rolling down her left cheek. The bickering stopped abruptly when the translator's quiet tears suddenly turned into heavy sobs. The room turned silent, and everyone's attention shifted toward the translator. For a moment, the events of the morning were forgotten, and everyone's anger turned into empathy. The author learned all he could about the medical aspects of this pregnancy and why it went so wrong. But the interpreter taught him something that can't be found in any medical textbooks; she taught him about the pain of loss. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55612,"journal":{"name":"Families Systems & Health","volume":"43 1","pages":"168-169"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Welcome everyone: Cultivating a sense of belonging.","authors":"Jason Herndon, Deepu George","doi":"10.1037/fsh0000976","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fsh0000976","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In George and Herndon (2024), the authors encouraged an evolution from a diversity, equity, and inclusion framework to dignity, belonging, and justice framework-dignity, belonging, and justice. In the current article, the authors emphasize the principles of belonging. They share frameworks relevant to the practice of belonging and its implementation in systems of integrated care. They review strategies for identifying groups who are often left out of belonging efforts and encourage individual reflection as a strategy to overcome barriers to support belonging. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55612,"journal":{"name":"Families Systems & Health","volume":"43 1","pages":"181-183"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The development and early success of the South Carolina two-generation community of practice to support family-serving professionals.","authors":"Lauren Workman, Doug Taylor, Megan Austin, Maria McClam, Pamela Gillam, Joey Dockery","doi":"10.1037/fsh0000906","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fsh0000906","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>System-level initiatives are key to promoting health and well-being among young families, yet agencies and organizations who support those families often do not coordinate their delivery of supportive services and resources. We describe the South Carolina (SC) two-generation (2Gen) community of practice (CoP) and its early efforts to foster statewide adoption of \"whole family\" centered approaches.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This mixed-methods study evaluated the impact of the CoP. Quantitative data were gathered from CoP participants to assess its impact on their increased knowledge and use of the 2Gen approach, as well as on new peer connections and individual professional development. Qualitative data were gathered on the perceived value of the CoP, as well as opportunities for growth.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data indicate that SC 2Gen CoP meetings have been well received by participants. Data from meeting evaluations demonstrate that the information increased participants' knowledge on the 2Gen approach and that it contributed to their growth and professional development. Meetings have also been effective in promoting connections between like-minded professionals, as well as in providing useful information to integrate 2Gen approaches into their work.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>These early findings demonstrate the continued need for the SC 2Gen CoP and its potential to grow into a robust outlet to support family-serving professionals in SC. More efforts are needed to promote systems coordination and integration among family-serving professionals. CoPs are one way to integrate system-level strategies, such as the 2Gen approach, to support family-serving professionals and enhance the integration of resources provided to families. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55612,"journal":{"name":"Families Systems & Health","volume":" ","pages":"49-59"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142019747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}