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Module 3 Components

Introduction

  1. Risk Factors and Multisystematic Treatment Strategies
  2. Traditional Mental Health Interventions
  3. Traditional Substance Abuse Treatment Interventions
  4. Emerging Treatment Approaches for Youth with Co-occurring Disorders
  5. Special Issues for Treating Youth with Co-occurring Disorders
  6. Management Strategies/Treatment Engagement

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Module 3: Treatment Strategies

2. Traditional Mental Health Interventions

Traditional mental health interventions that have been used in the past to treat youth with serious emotional and mental disorders, substance abuse, and criminal behaviors include the following:

These treatments have been applied in both correctional and treatment settings and are often only slightly modified adaptations of adult interventions. Positive long-term outcomes have been poor when they have been applied without systematically addressing (and integrating into a treatment plan) the full range of risk factors and domains specific to youth with co-occurring disorders (Henggeler et al., 1998; Kazdin, 1996). Psychopharmacological interventions include medications that relieve symptoms that interfere with participation in treatment.

Descriptions of traditional mental health interventions and psychopharmacological intervention are provided as background for those who may be unfamiliar with the historical evolution of mental health treatment that has led to the current multifaceted and multisystemic approach.




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