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Social Responsibility Therapy for Adolescents and Young Adults

A Multicultural Treatment Manual for Harmful Behavior

• By James Yokley

• Price: $49.95
• Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
• Pages: 86
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 9th May 2008
• ISBN: 978-0-7890-3121-1

About the Book

Gain the unique approach to enhance relapse prevention in harmful behavior treatment

Social Responsibility Therapy for Adolescents and Young Adults: A Multicultural Treatment Manual for Harmful Behavior is a crucial treatment manual that can be used by mental health professionals whose caseload includes a multicultural population of adolescents and young adults who exhibit multiple forms of harmful behavior. This unique therapy enhances relapse prevention in harmful behavior treatment by addressing the target behavior problem, negative social influence problem, and dose-response problem, along with acknowledging that harmful behavior is multicultural and addressing the key criticisms of multicultural therapy through a theory-driven treatment approach that utilizes methods and procedures from existing evidence-based treatments with known multicultural applications.

Social Responsibility Therapy for Adolescents and Young Adults: A Multicultural Treatment Manual for Harmful Behavior provides a comprehensive explanation of Social Responsibility Therapy, its advantages, and the intervention evidence-base for multiple forms of harmful behavior. This text discusses in detail the multicultural intervention approach, its rationale, and content. Implementation methods and treatment protocol are explored. The book includes illustrated case studies, tables, figures, and references to additional available readings.

Topics discussed in Social Responsibility Therapy for Adolescents and Young Adults: A Multicultural Treatment Manual for Harmful Behavior include:

• evidence-based procedures used in Structured Discovery learning experiences to target harmful behavior
• helping clients discover how they acquired, maintained, and generalized a broad range of harmful behavior
• addressing target behavior problems, negative social influence problems, and the dose-response problem
• five areas of human functioning that are critical to the wellbeing of self and others which can only be addressed through psychotherapy and forensic parenting
• developing prosocial behavior alternatives which contribute to both relapse prevention and personal development
• and much more!

Social Responsibility Therapy for Adolescents and Young Adults: A Multicultural Treatment Manual for Harmful Behavior is an essential resource for social workers, counselors, psychologists, and psychiatrists whose caseloads include a multicultural population of young people who exhibit multiple forms of harmful, abusive behavior.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1. Social Responsibility Therapy Overview, Intervention Evidence Base and Multicultural Approach
• Social Responsibility Therapy Overview
• Evidence Base for Intervention with Multiple Forms of Harmful Behavior
• Multicultural Intervention Approach, Rationale and Content
• Summary of Social Responsibility Therapy Treatment Methods and Procedures
• Advantages of Social Responsibility Therapy
• Chapter 2. Client Awareness Training: The Problem Development Triad
• How Harmful Behavior was Acquired: The Risk Factor Chain
• How Harmful Behavior was Maintained: The Stress-Relapse Cycle
• How Harmful Behavior was Generalized to Other Areas: The Harmful Behavior Anatomy
• The Problem Development Triad Presentation
• Chapter 3. Social Responsibility Therapy Implementation Methods and Treatment Protocol
• Social Responsibility Therapy Implementation Methods
• Basic Awareness Training, Responsibility Training and Tolerance Training Tools
• Individual Implementation: Clients, Couples, and Individual Families
• Group/Program Implementation: Family Clusters and Residential Programs
• Social Responsibility Therapy Group/Program Delivery Systems
• Chapter 4. Research Support for Social Responsibility Therapy Methods & Procedures
• Outcome Review Pragmatics for Abuse Behavior Treatment
• Introduction to Real World Research
• Social Responsibility Therapy Treatment Component Development, Research Support & Evaluation Results
• General Social Responsibility Therapy Program Outcome Statistics and Case Study Data
• Evaluation of Social Responsibility Therapy Application Potential: Abstracts of Selected Referral Populations
• Social Responsibility Therapy: Summary and Conclusion
• Notes
• References