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Family Mode Deactivation Therapy for Youth: An Introduction

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Treating Adolescents with Family-Based Mindfulness

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The financial, societal, and human cost of adolescent mental health problems, most noticeably substance use problems, dysfunctional and criminal behavior, and compounding coexisting disorders are considered to be enormous and typically extend into adulthood. According to Miller (2004), the total cost of adolescent behavior problems in the USA in 1998 amounted to US$437 billion (see Table 1.1). Only adjusting for the inflationary time-value of the dollar, the 2014-cost would be US$625 billion, or 2.6 times the projected total 2014 national expenditure on mental health and substance abuse (MHSA).

Besides, adolescent behavioral and mood disorders generally exist in the context of proximal family problems, including parental mental health issues, substance abuse, domestic violence, and child abuse. These complex constellations of problems are difficult to treat with effectiveness and durability, and the probability of relapse and maturation into adult disorders are significant. For all these reasons, it is ever more important to promote a treatment system that has been proved successful for use with this adolescent population.

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  1. Apsche Center North Spring Behavioral Healthcare, Leesburg, VA, USA

    Joan Swart

  2. Department of Psychology, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Christopher K. Bass

  3. School of Psychology, Walden University, Shepherdstown, WV, USA

    Jack A. Apsche

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Swart, J., Bass, C.K., Apsche, J.A. (2015). Family Mode Deactivation Therapy for Youth: An Introduction. In: Treating Adolescents with Family-Based Mindfulness. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12700-2_1

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