Motivational Enhancement Therapy And Cognitive Behavioral Therapy For Adolescent Cannabis Users

The treatment described in this manual was designed to address the problem of marijuana use by adolescents. Section I reviews the scope, effects, and patterns of the marijuana problem. Section II provides a brief overview of the Cannabis Youth Treatment project for which this manual was developed. Section III covers the scientific basis for this intervention. Section IV provides step-by-step procedures for actually implementing this treatment protocol.

The treatment described in this manual was designed to address the problem of marijuana use by adolescent s. Sect ion I reviews the scope, effect s, and pat terns of the marijuana problem. Sect ion II provides a brief overview of the Cannabis Youth Treatment project for which this manual was developed. Sect ion III covers the scientific basis for this intervention. Sect ion IV provides step-by-step procedures for actually implementing this treatment protocol.

This volume provides instructions for sessions 6 through 12 of the cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for adolescent marijuana users. The first five sessions (two motivational enhancement therapy [MET] sessions and three CBT sessions) are described in Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Cannabis Users: 5 Sessions, CYT Series, Volume 1. Research provides convincing evidence of the efficacy of using cognitive behavioral techniques to help adult substance abusers (Stephens, Roffman & Simpson, 1994; Bien, Miller & Tonigan, 1993). However, relatively little has been done to test the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral techniques with adolescent substance abusers. This manual was developed to apply the cognitive behavioral approach to treat a specific type of substance abuser: the adolescent cannabis user. It provides a structured cognitive behavioral model that can be reliably delivered, monitored, and evaluated.