61st Annual Meeting

October 18 - 25, 2014

Special Interest Study Group 6 (ticket)

Family Interventions for Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists

In clinical work, child and adolescent psychiatrists are interacting with families on a daily basis. At times, family concerns and difficulties may impede the child or adolescent's successful adaption and development, negatively affect their response to treatment, or amplify the child or adolescent’s problems. It is essential that child and adolescent psychiatrists interact with families in a consistently productive fashion and promote healthy interactions within the family. Participants at this SIG will learn useful family interventions and methods of integrating family interventions with other mental health treatments. Problems within families, between families and clinicians, and significant parent-child conflict will be discussed.