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ADOLESCENTS SUD APPROACHES
Adolescents SUD Approaches
Thomas J. McCarthy
Grand Canyon University: PCN-535
April 26, 2017
Adolescents SUD Approaches The counselor believes that a family-based approach to adolescents with a substance abuse disorder, and with a co-occurring disorder, is the most effective way to treat the client. A family-based approach engages the parents, siblings, and ever peers since they are the ones closest to the abuser. Research has shown that family-based treatment has been a better approach for adolescents than even individual and …show more content…
In doing so, this therapy benefits both the abuser and at least one parent. It uses behavioral contracting with contingency management to address the behavioral problems of the youth along with the substance abuse. Not only does it treat the substance abuse problem but also treats co-occurring problems such as conduct disorder, child mistreatment, unemployment, depression, and family conflict. Now, an example of a behavioral contract would be a reward system (contingency management) for when the adolescent behaves in a positive way. (Behavior contracting, 2017) The goal of contingency management is to lessen that enjoyment an adolescent might have from using substance by reinforcing the incentives one may get from more enjoyable activities and substance abstinence. (Behavioral Approaches, 2014) FBT therapist encourage family members to use behavioral strategies that they learned while in therapy to improve the conditions of the home situation. At the return to each session, goals are reviewed and the incentives are …show more content…
(2017). Retrieved from Psychology Wiki: http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Behavior_contracting
Behavioral Approaches. (2014). Retrieved from National Institute of Drug Abuse: https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/principles-adolescent-substance-use-disorder-treatment-research-based-guide/evidence-based-approaches-to-treating-adolescent-substance-use-disorders/behavioral-approaches#Contingency
Brief Strategic Family Therapy for Adolescent Drug Abuse. (n.d.). Retrieved from National Institute on Drug Abuse: https://archives.drugabuse.gov/TXManuals/BSFT/BSFT2.html
Hogue, A., & Liddle, H. (2009). Family-based treatment for adolescent substance abuse: controlled trials and new horizons in services research. Journal of Family Therapy, 31(2), 126–154.
Kaminer, Y. (2005). Challenges and opportunities of group therapy for adolescent substance abuse: A critical review. Addiction Behaviors, 30(9), 1765–1774.
Principles of Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Research-Based Guide. (2014). Retrieved from National Institute of Drug Abuse:
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ADOLESCENTS SUD APPROACHES
Adolescents SUD Approaches
Thomas J. McCarthy
Grand Canyon University: PCN-535
April 26, 2017
Adolescents SUD Approaches The counselor believes that a family-based approach to adolescents with a substance abuse disorder, and with a co-occurring disorder, is the most effective way to treat the client. A family-based approach engages the parents, siblings, and ever peers since they are the ones closest to the abuser. Research has shown that family-based treatment has been a better approach for adolescents than even individual and …show more content…
In doing so, this therapy benefits both the abuser and at least one parent. It uses behavioral contracting with contingency management to address the behavioral problems of the youth along with the substance abuse. Not only does it treat the substance abuse problem but also treats co-occurring problems such as conduct disorder, child mistreatment, unemployment, depression, and family conflict. Now, an example of a behavioral contract would be a reward system (contingency management) for when the adolescent behaves in a positive way. (Behavior contracting, 2017) The goal of contingency management is to lessen that enjoyment an adolescent might have from using substance by reinforcing the incentives one may get from more enjoyable activities and substance abstinence. (Behavioral Approaches, 2014) FBT therapist encourage family members to use behavioral strategies that they learned while in therapy to improve the conditions of the home situation. At the return to each session, goals are reviewed and the incentives are …show more content…
(2017). Retrieved from Psychology Wiki: http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Behavior_contracting
Behavioral Approaches. (2014). Retrieved from National Institute of Drug Abuse: https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/principles-adolescent-substance-use-disorder-treatment-research-based-guide/evidence-based-approaches-to-treating-adolescent-substance-use-disorders/behavioral-approaches#Contingency
Brief Strategic Family Therapy for Adolescent Drug Abuse. (n.d.). Retrieved from National Institute on Drug Abuse: https://archives.drugabuse.gov/TXManuals/BSFT/BSFT2.html
Hogue, A., & Liddle, H. (2009). Family-based treatment for adolescent substance abuse: controlled trials and new horizons in services research. Journal of Family Therapy, 31(2), 126–154.
Kaminer, Y. (2005). Challenges and opportunities of group therapy for adolescent substance abuse: A critical review. Addiction Behaviors, 30(9), 1765–1774.
Principles of Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Research-Based Guide. (2014). Retrieved from National Institute of Drug Abuse: