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Description

The certificate for this activity is for NON-PHYSICIANS.

This CME article describes the theory, research, and practice of Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) and how the clinician can implement it in counseling adolescents with substance abuse problems and their families. The author presents an overview of the common approaches to treating adolescent substance abuse, discusses four domains of adolescent development, and uses those domains as a way of elaborating MDFT's goals and its three-stage approach to address adolescent substance abuse. Finally, the article discusses the limitations of MDFT.

Purpose of Activity

To comprehensively synthesize Multidimensional Family Therapy in theory, research, and practice, and to suggest directions for future research.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Evaluate patients using the theory of Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT).
  2. Treat adolescents with substance abuse problems using the three stages of MDFT.
  3. Identify the limitations of MDFT.

Disclosures

All faculty members and all LCMEI staff members in a position to control the content of this CME activity have disclosed that they and their spouse/life partners (if any) have no financial relationships with, or financial interests in, any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Price: $12.95

Credits:

  • ACCME 1.0 CME

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Planner
Professions: Other Health Professional
Test Code: HRPN0413
Published: Jul/Aug 2013
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources: Harvard Review of Psychiatry
Required Passing Score: 7/10 (70%)
Authors: Graham Danzer
Categories: Adolescent Medicine , Evidence-Based Practice , Psychosocial/Psychiatric , Substance Use/Abuse
Specialties: Psychiatry
Topics: Psychoanalysis