Format
Scientific article
Publication Date
Original Language

English

Keywords
treatment
substance use
adolescents
multidimensional family therapy
effectiveness

Family Therapy for Adolescents with Behavioural Problems

Multidimensional family therapy addresses:

  • Mental health, substance use and other behavioural issues affecting young people
  • The parents’ childrearing skills/personal functioning
  • Parent-child communication/relationship
  • Family members' social interaction 

A new review document published in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry assessed the effectiveness of multidimensional family therapy against cognitive-behavioural therapy, group therapy and combined cognitive-behavioural approaches.

Multidimensional therapy was found to be the most effective.

This was the case particularly among youth with substance use problems and other behavioural issues, suggesting it to be a valuable therapy for adolescents with challenging support needs.

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