60th Annual Meeting

October 19 - 27, 2013

Special Interest Study Group 5 (ticket)

Family Interventions for Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists

At times, family concerns and difficulties may impede a child's successful adaptation and development, negatively affect a child's response to treatment, or actually amplify the child's problems. It is essential that child and adolescent psychiatrists are able to interact with families in a consistently productive fashion. This SIG provides information on helpful family interventions and family therapy, increases the participants’ knowledge of integrating family interventions with other mental health treatments, and provides a forum to discuss methods of supporting family treatment and change.