Citation

Becker K, Fuhrmann A, Holtmann M, Schmidt MH. Z. Kinder Jugendpsychiatr Psychother. 2003; 31(2): 145-153.

Vernacular Title

"Korper und Seele und Freundschaften kaputt". Verhaltenstherapie eines

Affiliation

Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters am Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Postfach 12 21 20, 68072 Mannheim. kbecker@zi-mannheim.de

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Verlag Hans Huber)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12784524

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: About 250,000 children and adolescents in Germany are dependent upon alcohol or at severe risk of developing an alcohol disorder. Whereas adults who abuse alcohol benefit from a variety of therapy manuals and numerous institutions offering long-term disorder-specific care, the situation with regard to adolescent patients needs to be upgraded. METHODS: We present the behavioral therapy of an alcohol-dependent 14-year-old boy, focusing on a version of Petry's therapy manual for alcoholism (1996) that has been adapted for the treatment of adolescents. The efficacy of worksheets as a supplement to the usual behavior therapy, or social or family interventions in the treatment of alcohol-dependent adolescents is discussed.

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