Family Behavior Therapy
Abstract: Family Behavior Therapy (FBT) is an outpatient behavioral treatment aimed at reducing drug and alcohol use in adults and youth along with common co-occurring problem behaviors such as depression, family discord, school and work attendance, and conduct problems in youth. This treatment approach owes its theoretical underpinnings to the Community Reinforcement Approach and includes a validated method of improving enlistment and attendance.
Outcomes:
1. Drug use
2. Alcohol use
3. Family relationships
4. Depression
5. Employment/school attendance
6. Conduct disorder symptoms
Drug and alcohol use in Los Angeles and Orange County has reached critical proportions affecting every aspect of life. Los Angeles and Orange County are also strongholds of some of the finest outpatient behavioral treatment providing solutions for drug and alcohol use disorders.
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