Practitioner review: The effectiveness of solution focused brief therapy with children and families: A systematic and critical evaluation of the literature from 1990-2010

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 707-723

  Bond, Caroline ^a   Woods, Kevin ^a   Humphrey, Neil ^a   Symes, Wendy ^a   Green, Lorraine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brief therapy; children; Solution focused brief therapy; solution oriented; systematic review; young people

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROL; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; LEARNING DISORDERS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REHABILITATION; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CONDUCT DISORDER; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

EID: 84879506311     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12058     Document Type: Review

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