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Brief Strategic Family Therapy for Adolescent Drug Abuse: A Therapy Manual

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About the Course

This course presents a comprehensive and innovative method that health care professionals can utilize when working with adolescent drug abuse in a family therapy context. Brief Strategic Family Therapy(BSFT) is a solution-focused method designed to achieve results more quickly and effectively than traditional approaches. The method is presented, as well as empirical data supporting its efficacy.

This course is based on the reading-based online article, Brief Strategic Family Therapy for Adolescent Drug Abuse: A Therapy Manual created by Jose Szapocznik, Ph.D. et al. in 2003.

Publication Date

2003

Course Material Author

Jose Szapocznik, Ph.D. et al.

From the National Institute on Drug Abuse

Jose Szapocznik, Ph.D. et al. authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

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Recommended For

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially addiction counselors, psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about Brief Strategic Family Therapy(BSFT) for the treatment of adolescent drug abuse. It is appropriate for an intermediate to advanced level of participants' knowledge.

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate proficiency in applying the Brief Strategic Family Therapy(BSFT) model for adolescent drug abuse.
  2. Analyze presented research supporting the efficacy of Brief Strategic Family Therapy.
  3. Describe the training process for BSFT and cite case examples.

Availability

This course is available starting Apr 16th, 2006 and expires Dec 29th, 2020

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Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

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