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Multidimensional Family Therapy for Adolescent Cannabis Users
(Intermediate to Advanced Level)
Developed by: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) as part of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment’s (CSAT’s) Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) Project.
12 Credit CE Course - $57 to complete post-test and receive 12 CE credits. Manual can be downloaded at no charge.
This manual was created as part of a study conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment’s (CSAT’s) Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) Project Cooperative Agreement to test the relative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a variety of interventions designed to eliminate marijuana use and associated problems in adolescents and to provide validated models of these interventions to the treatment field. This manual explores 1 of 5 different treatment modalities that were studied and describes a family-based outpatient treatment modality for working with Adolescent cannabis abusers.
Multidimensional family therapy (MDFT) is the multi-systemic, family-focused treatment described in this manual for experienced family therapists that includes 12 weeks of in-clinic and telephone sessions working with individual adolescents and their families. MDFT targets the psychosocial functioning of individual family members, the family members’ relationships, and influential social systems outside the family.
Download and read this manual at no charge.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:
- To enhance therapeutic skills in regard to multidimensional family therapy (MDFT).
- Learn about the dimensions of MDFT.
- Prepare yourself to work with clients using modules.
- Learn to use intervention techniques through multiple domains.
- Learn about the different stages of MDFT treatment.
- Learn key concepts of MDFT interventions.
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