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Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Adolescent Substance Use: A Move to the Level of Systems

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Title
Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Adolescent Substance Use: A Move to the Level of Systems
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, February 2020
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00948
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Andrew J Lewis

Abstract

This paper provides an account of the theoretical basis of a family-based intervention called Behaviour Exchange and Systems Therapy (BEST). The model described here has also been applied to adolescents with substance abuse and other mental health problems such as depression and anxiety disorders in both children and adolescents. Evaluative studies of the model have been published including randomised clinical trials as well as qualitative analyses. The current paper discusses a theory of the family system as a discourse and represents an integration of aspects of attachment, psychoanalytic, and systems theories. Key concepts elaborated are the attachment-family system, the family as a single discourse, the use of segregation as a defense in relation to trauma and loss and its manifestation in a family narrative, and the role of the family secure base in affect regulation. The paper also briefly describes specific treatment techniques that are derived from the theoretical model. Our approach has wide application as a discourse focused treatment for children and adolescents using a family systems approach. Future work requires the comparison of this model to similar attachment-based models of intervention for children and families, further development and validation of measures able to be used for whole families in a clinical setting, and further empirical demonstration of treatment efficacy in a variety of clinical settings.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 83 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 15 18%
Student > Bachelor 8 10%
Researcher 4 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 5%
Student > Postgraduate 4 5%
Other 10 12%
Unknown 38 46%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 27 33%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 6%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 5%
Social Sciences 4 5%
Mathematics 1 1%
Other 2 2%
Unknown 40 48%
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