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Relationship discord is linked to mental health issues and poorer treatment outcomes. Couple-based interventions show promise for treating psychiatric disorders when one partner is affected.

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Psychiatry
Clinical Psychology

Background:

Individual mental health and well-being are closely linked to relationship functioning.
Relationship discord is a significant factor impacting mental health outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

To review associations between relationship discord and psychopathology.
To examine the impact of relationship discord on individual treatment outcomes.
To present a model for couples therapy and review couple-based interventions for psychiatric disorders.

Main Methods:

Literature review of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies.
Analysis of treatment outcome data for individual-based therapies.
Review of efficacy studies for couple-based interventions.

Main Results:

Relationship discord is associated with various forms of psychopathology.
Relationship discord negatively affects outcomes of individual treatments for psychopathology.
Individual treatments generally do not improve relationship discord.
Couple-based interventions show efficacy in treating substance-related, mood, and anxiety disorders.

Conclusions:

Addressing relationship functioning is crucial for mental health treatment.
Couple-based interventions are effective for psychiatric disorders in a partner context.
A model for conceptualizing couples work with psychiatric disorders is presented.