Abstract
Much of the culturally specific knowledge about helping families in Israel is not readily available; either it is not in English and often appears in local circulation publications or is interwoven in the larger fabric of family treatment literature. This paper attempts to present the knowledge about helping families that has emerged in Israel based on an extensive literature review of all known work in Hebrew and English since 1980 that is related to studying and treating family problems in Israel. Major works, particularly research findings are highlighted. Recommendations for future research in this broad area are given.
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Revised on October 13, 1994 forContemporary Family Therapy. The author wishes to thank Nomi Mey-Ami for her vital assistance in compling the source material. The complete bibliographic listing is available in Hebrew from the Information Retrieval Center for Research in Social Sciences Henrietta Szold Institute in Jerusalem.
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Rabinowitz, J. Review of family treatment studies in israel. Contemp Fam Ther 18, 161–193 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02196857
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