Lecture room: Árnagarður – 311. Click for a map.
Working institution
Malin Selberg, Degree of Bachelor of Science of Social Work, licensed psychotherapist.¹
Moa Bråthén Wijana, Licensed Psychologist¹ and PhD student.²
¹Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala County Council, Sweden
²Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract
Self-harming behaviors are one of the most concerning and perplexing of all human behaviors. The implications and consequences of self-harm for both the individual, family and the society, lack of well-established treatments and the early onset of the problems clearly emphasize the need for more potent and cost-effective treatments. To address this need, an integrated model called Intensive Contextual Treatment – ICT for self-harm and suicidality, including principles from Functional Family Therapy – FFT, Dialectical Behavior Therapy – DBT, and Cognitive Behavior Therapy – CBT, was developed in Uppsala child and adolescent psychiatry services, Sweden. ICT is a short (3-month long) manual-based outpatient treatment, tailored to suit families with high symptom loads and adolescents with self-harm and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Most sessions take place at the families’ resident. To optimize treatment and achieve synergy, both a family therapist and an youth therapist are engaged in each case providing frequent consultation with both school and social services.
We will give you a brief presentation of this innovative approach and release promising data from the ongoing research study with a pre-post design, long-term follow-ups (6 and 12 months post-treatment).