Submission References
Campbell, A (2004) How was it for you? Families’ experiences of receiving Behavioural Family Therapy. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 11, 261-267.
Department of Health (1999) National Service Framework for Mental Health. London: HMSO
Department of Health (2002) Developing Services for Carers and Families of People with Mental Illness. London: HMSO
National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence (2002) Schizophrenia: core interventions in the treatment and management of schizophrenia in primary and secondary care. London: NICE
National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence (2009) Schizophrenia: Core interventions in the treatment and management of schizophrenia in adults in primary and secondary care (update) London: NICE
Social Care Institute for Excellence (2009) Think child, think parent, think family: a guide to parental mental health and child welfare. London: SCIE
Publications on the Meriden Programme
or Produced/Contributed to by Meriden Programme Staff
Journal Articles
Fadden G (1989) Pity the Spouse! Depression within Marriage. Stress Medicine, 5, 99-107.
Fadden, G. (1997). Implementation of family interventions in routine clinical practice: a major cause for concern. Journal of Mental Health, 6, 599-612.
Fadden, G. (1998). Family intervention in psychosis. Journal of Mental Health, 7,115-122.
Fadden, G. (1998). Invited review: Psychoeducational interventions. Journal of Family Therapy, 20,293-309.
Fadden, G. (1998). Family interventions for schizophrenia: staff training and implementation into service systems. Journal of Clinical Effectiveness, 3, 20.
Fadden, G. (2006) Training and disseminating family interventions for schizophrenia: developing family intervention skills with multi-disciplinary groups. Journal of Family Therapy, 28, 23-38.
Fadden, G., Bebbington, P. and Kuipers, L (1987). The Burden of Care - the impact of functional psychiatric illness on the patients family. British Journal of Psychiatry, 150, 285-292.
Fadden, G., Bebbington, P. & Kuipers, L. (1987) Caring and its burdens: A study of the spouses of depressed patients. British Journal of Psychiatry, 151, 660-667.
Fadden, G. & Heelis, R. (2011) The Meriden West Midlands Family Programme: Lessons learned over ten years. Journal of Mental Health, 20(1), 79-88.
Fadden, G., Heelis, R. & Bisnauth, R. (2010). Training mental health care professionals in Behavioural Family Therapy: an audit of West Midlands trainers’ experiences. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice.5(2), 27-35.
Fadden, G, Heelis, R. & Palmer, M. (2010) Peace and Reconciliation in Ireland: A Cross Border Approach to Meeting Carers Needs. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 2(2), 16 – 22.
Fadden, G., Shooter, M. & Holsgrove, G. (2005). Involving carers and service users in the training of psychiatrists. Psychiatric Bulletin, 29, 270-274.
Goncalves-Pereira, M., Xavier, M., Neves, A., Barahona-Correa. & Fadden, G. (2006) Intervencoes familiares na esquizofrenia: Dos aspectos teoricos a situacao em PortugalActaMedPort, 19, 1-8.
Goncalves-Pereira, M., Xavier, M. & Fadden, G. (2007) Intervencoes familiars comportamentais na esquizofrenia e noutros contextos clinicos. Analise Psicologica, 25, (2).
James, C., Cushway, D. & Fadden, G. (2006). What works in engagement of families in behavioural family therapy? A positive model for the therapist perspective. Journal of Mental Health, 28, 23-38.
Magliano, L., Fadden, G., Economou, M., Held, T., Xavier, M. et al. (2000) Family burden and coping strategies in schizophrenia: 1-year follow-up data from the BIOMED 1 study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 35, 109-115.
Magliano, L., Fadden, G., Economou, M., Xavier, M., Held, T. et al (1998). Social and clinical factors influencing the choice of coping strategies in relatives of patients with schizophrenia: results of the BIOMED 1 study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 33,413-419.
Magliano, L., Fadden, G., Fiorillo, A., Malangone, C., Sorrentino, D., Robinson, A. & Maj, M. (1999). Family burden and coping strategies in schizophrenia: are key relatives really different to other relatives? Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 99, 10-15.
Magliano, L., Fadden, G., Madianos, M., Caldas de Almeida, J-M., Held, T et al (1998). Burden on the families of patients with schizophrenia: results of the BIOMED 1 study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 33, 405-412.
Magliano, L. Fiorillo, A., Fadden, G., Gair, F., Economou, M., Kallert, T. et al. (2005). Effectiveness of psychoeducational intervention for families of patients with schizophrenia: preliminary results of a study funded by the European commission. World Psychiatry, 4:1, 45-49.
Palmer, M., Larkin, M., De Visser, R. & Fadden, G., (2010). Developing an Interpretative Phenomenological Approach to Focus Group Data.Qualitative Research in Psychology., 7 (2), 99-121
Rofail, D., Heelis, R. & Gournay, K. (2009) An exploration of experiences of patients with schizophrenia taking antipsychotic medication using a thematic analysis. Clinical Therapeutics. 31, Theme issue: Mental Health, 1488-1496
Books and Book Chapters
Burbach, F., Fadden, G. & Smith, J. (2010). Family interventions for First Episode Psychosis In P. French, M. Reed, J. Smith, M. Rayne, & D. Shiers: Early Intervention in Psychosis: Promoting Recovery in Early Psychosis. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Fadden, G. (1997) Behavioural Family Therapy Approaches to the Treatment of Schizophrenia. Chapter in Psychotherapy of Psychosis. (Eds. C. Mace & F. Margison) London: Gaskell
Fadden, G. (1998) ‘Family Intervention’. Chapter in Brooker, C. & Repper, J. (Eds). Serious Mental Health Problems in the Community. London: Balliere Tindall Limited.
Fadden, G. (2006). Family Interventions. In G. Roberts, S. Davenport, F. Holloway & T. Tattan (Eds.) Enabling Recovery: The Principles and Practice of Rehabilitation Psychiatry. pp. 158-169. London: Gaskell.
Fadden, G. (2007). Commentary on Section 3: Carers’ experiences – Chapter 10 ‘Why US?’ and ‘Feeling Invisible’. In M. Hardcastle, D. Kennard, S. Grandison, & L. Fagin (Eds.) Experiences of Mental Health In-patient Care: Narratives from service users, carers and professionals. London: Routledge.
Fadden, G. (2007). Involving and training professionals in family work. In D. Froggatt, G.Fadden, D.L. Johnson, M. Leggatt & R.Shankar (Eds.) Families as Partners in Care: A Guidebook for Implementing Family Work. pp 38 – 49. Toronto: World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders.
Fadden, G. (2009). Overcoming barriers to staff offering interventions in the NHS. In F. Lobban & C. Barrowclough, A Casebook of Family Interventions for Psychosis. Chichester: Wiley and Sons.
Fadden, G. (2009) Family Interventions and Psychosis. In H. Beinart, P.Kennedy, & S. Llewelyn (Eds.). Clinical Psychology in Practice. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Fadden, G & Birchwood, M. (2002) British models for expanding family psychoeducation in routine practice. In Lefley, H.P. & Johnson, D.L. (Eds.) Family Interventions in Mental Illness: International Perspectives. Praeger: Westport,CT.
Fadden, G., Birchwood, M., Jackson, C. & Barton, K. (2004) Psychological therapies: implementation in early intervention services. In P.D. McGorry & J.F.M. Gleeson (Eds.) Psychological Interventions in Early Psychosis: A Practical Treatment HandbookChichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Fadden, G. & Smith, J., (2009). Family work in early psychosis. In F. Lobban & C. Barrowclough, A Casebook of Family Interventions for Psychosis. Chichester: Wiley and Sons.
Falloon, I.R.H. & Fadden, G. (1993) Integrated Mental Health Care: A Comprehensive Community-Based Approach. CambridgeUniversity Press, Cambridge. (Translated into Japanese in 1996)
Falloon, I.R.H., Fadden, G., Borell, P., Karrang, L., Ivarsson, B., & Malm, U. (1997) Integerad Psychiatri. Sweden: Varnamo: Psykologia.
Falloon, I.R.H., Laporta, M., Fadden, G. & Graham-Hole, V. (1993) Managing Stress in Families: Cognitive and Behavioural Strategies for Enhancing Coping Skills. London: Routledge.
Falloon, I.R.H., Fadden, G., Mueser, K., Gingerich, S., Rappaport, S., McGill, C., Graham-Hole, V. & Gair, F. (2004). Family Work Manual. Meriden Family Programme, Birmingham. White Halo Design & Print.
Froggatt, D., Fadden, G., Johnson, D.L., Leggatt, M. & Shankar, R. (Eds.) (2007). Families as Partners in Care: A Guidebook for Implementing Family Work. Toronto: World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders.
Gillam., T., Crofts, M., Fadden, G. & Corbett, K. (2003). The Interfaces Project: Exploring the links between mental health services for children, adults and families. Published on National Institute for Mental Health website:
Mansell, C. & Fadden, G. (2009). Meeting the needs of families on inpatient units. In F. Lobban and C. Barrowclough (Eds.) A Casebook of Family Interventions for Psychosis. Chichester: Wiley and Sons
Smith,J. Fadden, G. and O’Shea, M. (2009) Interventions with siblings. In F. Lobban and C. Barrowclough (Eds.) A Casebook of Family Interventions forPsychosis. Chichester: Wiley and Sons
Smith, J. Fadden, G. and Taylor, L. (2010) The Needs of siblings in First Episode Psychosis. In P. French, M. Reed, J. Smith, M. Rayne, & D. Shiers: Early Intervention in Psychosis: Promoting Recovery in Early Psychosis. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Table 1: Number of People Trained as BFT Therapists/Trainers by Country
Country / BFT therapists / BFT trainersAustralia / 140 / 5
England / 3433 / 194
Greece / 1 / 0
Ireland / 56 / 4
Japan / 2 / 0
Jersey / 10 / 6
Malaysia / 0 / 1
Portugal / 49 / 3
Scotland / 462 / 41
Singapore / 30 / 0
Spain / 5 / 0
Wales / 169 / 8
Total / 4358 / 262
Figure 1: West Midlands BFT Therapist Profile by Profession (n =2668*)
*Data shown for only 2668 as remainder is missing
Training Courses/Programmes available through Meriden
5-day Behavioural Family Therapy course
• Generic mental health
• Early intervention in Psychosis
• Older Adults
• Assertive Outreach
• Crisis Intervention and Home Treatment
• Youth Offending teams
5-day Training Trainers course
Team Manager training
Carer awareness training
• Generic Mental Health
• Older Adult
• In-patient Services
Parental Mental Health Awareness sessions
Caring for Carers
- Generic Mental Health
- Black & Minority Ethnic Carers
- Spirituality and faith groups
- Substance Misuse
Sharing Information with Family and Friends
- Awareness training
- Training trainers
Supervision, consultation and service-development
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