Structural Family Therapy in Adolescent Drug Abuse: A Hong Kong Chinese Family Export

@article{citeulike:2800659, abstract = {Considering the favorable outcomes of family therapy in adolescent drug treatment overseas, there has been an urgent call recently to use family-based approaches in view of the sharp rise of adolescent drug abuse in Hong Kong. This article discusses the application of structural family therapy (SFT) to an adolescent with a drug problem in Hong Kong. Implementation of SFT is fully delineated, including some of the difficulties and challenges in mobilizing the family to help the adolescent in a Chinese context. The need to involve the adolescent's parents was apparent. The treatment was assessed and evaluated by several psychometric measures from various vantage points of the adolescent, family members, and independent judges. The outcome was followed up formally at the third month after treatment and informally over a 2-year period. The follow-ups revealed that the adolescent abstained from using drugs in relation to his improved family and personal functioning. 10.1177/1534650105275989}, author = {Sim, Timothy}, citeulike-article-id = {2800659}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1534650105275989}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ccs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/6/1/79}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1534650105275989}, journal = {Clinical Case Studies}, keywords = {addiction, adolescence, case-reports, chinese, family, therapy}, month = {February}, number = {1}, pages = {79--99}, posted-at = {2008-05-15 05:30:26}, priority = {2}, title = {Structural Family Therapy in Adolescent Drug Abuse: A Hong Kong Chinese Family}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1534650105275989}, volume = {6}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2800659 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2800659 N2 - Considering the favorable outcomes of family therapy in adolescent drug treatment overseas, there has been an urgent call recently to use family-based approaches in view of the sharp rise of adolescent drug abuse in Hong Kong. This article discusses the application of structural family therapy (SFT) to an adolescent with a drug problem in Hong Kong. Implementation of SFT is fully delineated, including some of the difficulties and challenges in mobilizing the family to help the adolescent in a Chinese context. The need to involve the adolescent's parents was apparent. The treatment was assessed and evaluated by several psychometric measures from various vantage points of the adolescent, family members, and independent judges. The outcome was followed up formally at the third month after treatment and informally over a 2-year period. The follow-ups revealed that the adolescent abstained from using drugs in relation to his improved family and personal functioning. 10.1177/1534650105275989 IS - 1 JF - Clinical Case Studies EP - 99 TI - Structural Family Therapy in Adolescent Drug Abuse: A Hong Kong Chinese Family VL - 6 SP - 79 KW - addiction KW - adolescence KW - case-reports KW - chinese KW - family KW - therapy AU - Sim, Timothy PY - 2007/02/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1534650105275989 ER -