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Dialectical Behavior Therapy for At Risk Adolescents : A Practitioners Guide to Treating Challenging Behavior Problems
Alfred Street (University of Auckland Store)
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy for At Risk Adolescents : A Practitioners Guide to Treating Challenging Behavior Problems
Paperback Edition: 1
Adolescents are more likely than any other age groups to engage in behaviors that contribute to injuries, violence, unintended pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, and reckless alcohol, tobacco, and drug use. At-risk adolescents may also exhibit signs of moodiness, aggression, and even self-injury, and these behaviors
often cause parents, teachers, and clinicians to become extremely frustrated. Adolescents themselves may even believe that change is impossible. Drawing on proven-effective dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy for At-Risk Adolescents is the first reader-friendly and easily accessible DBT book specifically targeted to mental health professionals treating adolescents who may be dangerous to themselves or others.
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Pages : 272
Publisher : New Harbinger, USA
Publication date : 2014-01-02
Subjects: Non-fiction, Medicine, Health And Personal Development, Medicine, Health Psychology