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Dissemination of Attachment‐Based Family Therapy in Sweden
Author(s) -
Ringborg Magnus
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1002/anzf.1153
Subject(s) - family therapy , context (archaeology) , psychotherapist , psychology , project commissioning , child and adolescent psychiatry , publishing , psychiatry , political science , law , paleontology , biology
Attachment‐Based Family Therapy ( ABFT ) was introduced in Sweden in 2009, and has since spread widely, mainly within child and adolescent psychiatry, but also to some social family services. ABFT is now mentioned in clinical guidelines for the treatment of depression and suicidality in Sweden. Many therapists report successes with the model after relatively short training. Training and research efforts are presented. Difficulties in implementation of the method are examined as therapist, process, and context issues. A number of small clinical research studies have been published and are presented.