This course provides counseling students the theoretical background and therapeutic skills necessary
for therapeutic intervention in families, couples, and systems.
Results from these studies will provide direct evidence for the importance of these nutritional factors in maintaining retinal health and preventing advanced retinal disease, and may reveal new
options for therapeutic intervention.
TLR signaling pathways are increasingly being targeted
for therapeutic intervention of other diseases with deregulated immune response, including chronic inflammatory disease.
In the future, mtDNA and the factors involved in mitochondrial signaling may serve as markers of metastatic potential and novel
points for therapeutic intervention of cancer stem cells.
Johnston, et al. (2001) describe multiple
approaches for therapeutic intervention with an alienated child and the family, and they emphasize the possible advantages of having a therapeutic team, rather than just a single therapist.
Hajishengallis, Chavakis and their colleagues identified the protein on hematopoetic stem cells with which Del - 1 interacts, the ß3 integrin, perhaps pointing to a target
for therapeutic interventions down the line.
To check whether this newly discovered mechanism is
suitable for therapeutic intervention, the scientists investigated the effect of a so - called antagomir, which specifically binds to miRNA92a molecules and blocks their effect.
Together these experiments will systematically examine and help understand the mechanisms by which DR modulates gut function and physiology and identify novel targets
for therapeutic interventions which are likely to be relevant for human diseases where intestinal permeability has been observed (e.g. inflammatory bowel disease and HIV).
Newer CXCR4 antagonists are under clinical
evaluation for therapeutic intervention in various cancers, hematologic and vascular disorders, HIV infection, and other immune system disorders involving the modulation of the SDF - 1 / CXCR4 axis, such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus [54 - 56].
The laboratory has investigated the roles of these molecules in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases to determine if modulating their activity alters the immune response and may be
useful for therapeutic intervention.
Our ultimate goal is to identify and advance biomarkers or a panel of biomarkers into the clinic, e.g. to generate a specific diagnostic test and to develop
rationales for therapeutic intervention based on metabolic and immune system reactivity networks.
Current clinical measures are limited by floor and ceiling effects and lack sensitivity to change with time, especially in premanifest subjects who are likely to be the optimal
candidates for therapeutic intervention.
It includes specific
recommendations for therapeutic interventions and counselling for children and young people experiencing family violence, and for the introduction of respectful relationships education in schools,» Dr Bickerdike said.
In this episode, Louise Hayes, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and academic at the University of Melbourne, Australia, discusses the use of ACT
principles for therapeutic intervention with adolescents.
ATN's advocacy efforts include raising awareness in communities and nationally about the needs of traumatized
children for therapeutic interventions and therapeutic parenting, as well as providing input into legislation that impacts traumatized children and their families.
There is certainly a time and
place for therapeutic intervention in relieving family distress and to identify and remediate mental, emotional or behavioral disorders and associated distresses which interfere with family functioning.
Although researchers have documented clear associations between attachment styles and conflict behaviors (e.g. Creasey, 2002; Pistole & Arricale, 2003), further clarification of the underlying processes linking these two constructs remains an important area of examination in order to delineate explanatory processes that may become a
focus for therapeutic intervention.
This discovery provides ample
opportunity for therapeutic intervention — currently with improved blood pressure control, statins, etc. — and the expectation that the findings will stimulate research to develop treatments targeting potential solutions.
Importantly, the molecular imaging models that are developed can be employed to accelerate the discovery of targets and
drugs for therapeutic intervention, and biomarkers that could be used for early diagnosis.
The Guidelines are intended as a best practice guide for therapists, attorneys, other professionals and judicial officers when there is a
need for therapeutic interventions with court - involved children or parents.
«There is still a long way to go before diabetes patients might be able to benefit from these findings, but the discovery that delta cells have a high degree of plasticity points to a hitherto unsuspected
option for therapeutic intervention.»