Multidimensional Family Therapy for Adolescent Cannabis Users

The Cannabis Youth Treat. Project Coop. Agree. (CYTPCA) tests the relative effective. & cost-effective. of a variety of interventions designed to eliminate marijuana use & assoc. problems in adolescents & provides validated models of these interventions to the treatment field. The target pop'n. is adolesc. with cannabis use disorders of abuse or dependence who were assessed as approp. for treat. in outpatient settings. Contents: Bckgrnd. on the CYTPCA; Multidim. Family Therapy (MDFT) Approach to Cannabis Treat.; MDFT Sessions: Operational Feat. of the Approach; Goals, Rationale, Proced., & Key Concepts of MDFT Interventions; Interdependence of Emotions & Cognitions in MDFT; Implementing MDFT; Guide. for Subsystem Sessions.