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Steven R. H. Beach
Introduction
Steven R. H. Beach is well known in clinical psychology for his extensive contributions to marital therapy and particularly the use of marital therapy in the treatment of depression. His many contributions to the field include elucidation of self-evaluation maintenance processes in relationship contexts; work on forgiveness, gratitude, and religiosity, in marriage; the role of broader family processes, especially parenting, on healthy psychosocial development; and, more recently, examination of the contribution of genetics and epigenetics in combination with family and community factors in predicting inflammatory and health outcomes.
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Dr. Beach studied under K. Daniel O’Leary at Stony Brook University where he received his Ph.D. degree in 1985. He then relocated to the University of Georgia where he has been ever since. His initial work was in a psychiatric hospital, in a student metal health clinic, and in private practice. He began his...
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Beach, S. R. H., & Sales, J. M. (2016). Refining Prevention: Genetic and Epigenetic Contributions. Retrieved from http://www.frontiersin.org/books/Refining_Prevention_Genetic_and_Epigenetic_Contributions/846
Beach, S. R. H., Sandeen, E. E., & O’Leary, K. D. (1990). Depression in marriage: A model for etiology and treatment. New York: Guilford.
Beach, S. R. H., Wamboldt, M., Kaslow, N., Heyman, R. E., First, M. B., Underwood, L. G., & Reiss, D. (2006). Relational processes and DSM-V: Neuroscience, assessment, prevention & intervention. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing.
Beach, S. R. H., Brody, G. H., Barton, A. W., & Philibert, R. A. (2016a). Exploring genetic moderators and epigenetic mediators of contextual and family effects: From G×E to epigenetics. Development and Psychopathology, 28(4pt2), 1333–1346. doi:10.1017/S0954579416000882.
Beach, S. R. H., Lei, M. K., Brody, G. H., Kim, S., Barton, A. W., Dogan, M. V., & Philibert, R. A. (2016b). Parenting, SES-risk, and later young adult health: Exploration of opposing indirect effects via DNA methylation. Child Development, 87(1), 111–121. doi:10.1111/cdev.12486. NIHMSID 739989.
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Fincham, F.D. (2017). Beach, Steve. In: Lebow, J., Chambers, A., Breunlin, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_69-1
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