PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Miller, Thomas W.
AU  - Veltkamp, Lane J.
TI  - Disputed Child Custody: Strategies and Issues in Mediation
DP  - 1987 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 45--56
VI  - 15
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/15/1/45.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/15/1/45.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1987 Mar 01; 15
AB  - Disputed child custody is a significant life stressor for both adults and children. Recent efforts have been made to develop a model for family mediation and subsequent clinical strategies that can attempt to address the stressors involved in divorce and perhaps resolve, through mediation, the posttrauma stress experienced by both spouses and children. Reviewed is the literature on the impact of separation and divorce on families and the use of family mediation to resolve disputes. It further addresses psychologic factors involved in the mediation process and the possible effects of mediation on divorce. An established family mediation model for treatment is presented in detail, as are clinical issues often addressed in the family mediation process. Issues and import for clinical application and research are offered.