Dialectical behavior therapy with suicidal adolescents/

Main Author: Miller, Alec L.
Other Authors: Rathus, Jill H., Linehan, Marsha
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York: Guilford Press, c2007
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Table of Contents:
  • Suicidal behaviors in adolescents: who is most at risk?
  • What do we know about effective treatments for suicidal adolescents?
  • Dialectical behavior therapy: treatment stages, primary targets, and strategies
  • DBT program structure: functions and modes
  • Dialectical dilemmas for adolescents : addressing secondary treatment target
  • Assessing adolescents: suicide risk, diagnosis, and treatment feasibility
  • Orienting adolescents and families to treatment and obtaining commitment
  • Individual therapy with adolescents
  • Including families in treatment
  • Skills training with adolescents
  • Assessing progress, running a graduate group, and terminating treatment
  • Program issues