TY - JOUR
T1 - Integrative borderline adolescent family therapy
T2 - Meeting the challenges of treating adolescents with borderline personality disorder
AU - Santisteban, Daniel A.
AU - Muir, Joan A.
AU - Mena, Maite P.
AU - Mitrani, Victoria B.
PY - 2003/12
Y1 - 2003/12
N2 - With the growing acceptance of the borderline personality disorder diagnosis for adolescents has come a need for specialized treatments for this challenging population. Further, because of the prominence of the family system during early and later adolescence, family treatments are particularly needed. The purpose of this article is to present the integrative borderline adolescent family therapy (I-BAFT) model that emerged from a National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded (Stage 1) treatment development and enhancement effort. I-BAFT integrates (a) key interventions from the family treatment of adolescent drug abuse (D. A. Santisteban et al., 2003; J. Szapocznik & W. Kurtines, 1989), (b) skills training shown effective with adults with borderline personality disorder (M. Linehan, 1993a) and adapted for adolescents, and (c) individual treatment interventions that promote motivation for treatment and enhance the integration of the 3 treatment components.
AB - With the growing acceptance of the borderline personality disorder diagnosis for adolescents has come a need for specialized treatments for this challenging population. Further, because of the prominence of the family system during early and later adolescence, family treatments are particularly needed. The purpose of this article is to present the integrative borderline adolescent family therapy (I-BAFT) model that emerged from a National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded (Stage 1) treatment development and enhancement effort. I-BAFT integrates (a) key interventions from the family treatment of adolescent drug abuse (D. A. Santisteban et al., 2003; J. Szapocznik & W. Kurtines, 1989), (b) skills training shown effective with adults with borderline personality disorder (M. Linehan, 1993a) and adapted for adolescents, and (c) individual treatment interventions that promote motivation for treatment and enhance the integration of the 3 treatment components.
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U2 - 10.1037/0033-3204.40.4.251
DO - 10.1037/0033-3204.40.4.251
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0347993696
VL - 40
SP - 251
EP - 264
JO - Psychotherapy
JF - Psychotherapy
SN - 0033-3204
IS - 4
ER -