Attachment-based family therapy versus nondirective supportive therapy for lesbian, gay, bisexual and questioning adolescents with depression, and suicidal ideation: an exploratory study - Russon J, Abbott CH, Jin B, Rivers AS, Winston-Lindeboom P, Kobak R, Diamond GS.
INTRODUCTION: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and questioning (LGBQ) adolescents are particularly at risk for suicidal ideation; however, little clinical research is focused on treating this population. Attachment-based family therapy (ABFT) is among the few empir... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Attachment-based family therapy for adolescents and young adults with suicide ideation and depression - van der Spek N, Dekker W, Peen J, Santens T, Cuijpers P, Bosmans G, Dekker J.
BACKGROUND: Suicide ideation among adolescents is difficult to treat. Attachment-based family therapy (ABFT) is a promising evidence-based family intervention developed to decrease depressive symptoms and suicide ideation among adolescents.
Aims: This ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Functional Family Therapy for families of youth (age 11-18) with behaviour problems: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Littell JH, Pigott TD, Nilsen KH, Roberts J, Labrum TK.
BACKGROUND: Functional Family Therapy (FFT) is a short-term family-based intervention for youth with behaviour problems. FFT has been widely implemented in the USA and other high-income countries. It is often described as an evidence-based program with con... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
"I was simply trying to make it through the day": a collaborative autoethnography of couple/marriage and family therapy program directors in a diversity and anti-racism peer consultation group - Sterrett-Hong EM, Sutton A, Brown K, Culver-Turner RE, Rastogi M, Ketring S.
The COVID-19 pandemic and widely depicted incidents of racial injustice in the United States caused marked stress and shifts in society in 2020, leading to an acceleration of discussions related to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ)... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Community-Based Prevention Source Type: news
Improving the livelihoods of justice-involved youth: study protocol for a replication and extension of functional family therapy-gangs - Pyrooz DC, Buckley PR.
This study will evaluate Functional Family Therapy-Gangs (FFT-G), an extension of a family-based therapeutic intervention-Functional Family Therapy (FFT)-designed to help troubled youth exhibiting mild to severe behavior problems overcome delin... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Breaking free from a gang lifestyle: the use of a solution-determined collaborative team to help transform a challenging and complex adolescent case situation - Selekman MD.
This article presents the use of a solution-determined collaborative team approach as an adjunct to family therapy with Jorge, a 14-year-old, with a long history of gang involvement, anger management difficulties, fighting with students and poor academic p... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The effect of intervention of the developed attachment-based family therapy program in improving the relationship of depressed and anxious adolescents with their parents - Nezamdoost Malfejani A, Sohrabi F, Motamedi AM, Delavar A, Eskandari H.
BACKGROUND: Disturbance in relationships is the basis and foundation of emotional disorders. Due to the growth of mood and communication problems in families, the concern about the quality of the parent-child relationships during adolescence has increased ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Female aggression: a family conundrum - Doctor R.
This article examines a family therapy case involving a woman who was violent to her children and partner where conscious and unconscious paranoid beliefs were manifested in projective identification and sadomasochistic liaisons between the children and/or... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Coparenting from prison: an examination of incarcerated fathers' consensus of coparenting - Tadros E, Durante KA, McKay T, Hollie B.
Incarcerated coparenting involves negotiating rules, responsibilities, and contributions while a partner is incarcerated. Using a structural family therapy lens and data from the Multi-site Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting and Partnering, ordinary ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Treatment of adolescent non-suicidal self-injury: a review of family factors and family therapy - Bean RA, Keenan BH, Fox C.
In order to more fully prepare clinicians for the challenging individual and familial dynamics inherent in non-suicidal self-injury cases, this article reviews the literature concerning family factors in relation to adolescent self-harm. Topics that are di... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Effects of family therapy for substance abuse: a systematic review of recent research - Esteban J, Su árez-Relinque C, Jiménez TI.
One of the most serious psychosocial problems worldwide is substance abuse because of its repercussions not only on the physical and psychological health of the abuser but also on their relational functioning. Among the well-established therapeutic approac... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Repairing attachment in families with depressed adolescents: a task analysis - Stern RS, King AA, Diamond G.
AIMS: This exploratory pilot study (N = 3 sessions, 793 speech units) used task analysis to refine an early model of the attachment task in attachment-based family therapy (ABFT). The attachment task aims to repair long-standing parent-adolescent rela... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Caregiver maltreatment history and treatment response following an intensive emotion focused family therapy workshop - Cordeiro K, Wyers C, Oliver M, Foroughe M, Muller RT.
This single-arm, repeated measures study investigated the impact caregiver trauma history may have on treatment response following an intensive, 2-day Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) caregiver workshop. Caregivers (n = 243) completed questionnaires r... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 6, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Attachment-based family therapy for sexual and gender minority young adults and their nonaccepting parents - Diamond GM, Boruchovitz-Zamir R, Nir-Gotlieb O, Gat I, Bar-Kalifa E, Fitoussi PY, Katz S.
This pilot open trial examined the efficacy of attachment-based family therapy (ABFT) for Israeli sexual and gender minority (SGM) young adults and their persistently nonaccepting parents. Thirty families received up to 26 weeks of treatment, with parenta... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 4, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
What Euphoria Gets Right —and Wrong—About Teen Drug Use and Addiction
Euphoria—the most tweeted-about TV show of the decade in the U.S.—has thrust teenage drug use into the cultural spotlight. The HBO show follows 17-year-old Rue Bennett, a sweet but troubled teen played by Zendaya, as she navigates a deepening drug use disorder. It’s not pretty. Rue takes the powerful opioid fentanyl, injects morphine, and drags around a suitcase filled with thousands of dollars worth of drugs (a stash she can’t resist dipping into). Meanwhile, she rips apart her life: tearing through her house, ransacking strangers’ homes, and screaming at the people she loves the most.
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Source: TIME: Health - February 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
