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- Title
Single session family therapy in youth mental health: can it help?
- Authors
Hopkins, Liza; Lee, Stuart; McGrane, Tess; Barbara-May, Rachel
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of single session therapy in meeting the needs of young people and their families on first presentation to a mental health service.<bold>Method: </bold>We conducted a quantitative analysis of routinely collected data using self- and family member-reported session and outcome rating scales.<bold>Results: </bold>Both young people and their family members rate single session therapy sessions highly. In addition, both young people and their families rate the young person's mental health and well-being to have improved after the single session therapy intervention, with mothers rating the young person's improvement most highly.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Single session therapy is an effective tool in improving both self- and parent-rated individual, interpersonal, social and overall well-being for young people presenting to a mental health service.
- Subjects
FAMILY psychotherapy; MENTAL health; YOUTH; MOTHERS; FAMILIES
- Publication
Australasian Psychiatry, 2017, Vol 25, Issue 2, p108
- ISSN
1039-8562
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/1039856216658807