Mentalization-based treatment for Adolescents
This is a manualized treatment for adolescents with
Self Injurious Behaviour that has been subjected to a Randomised Controlled Trial by Dr Trudie Rossouw and Prof Peter Fonagy (see
Rossouw, Fonagy (2012) Mentalization-based treatment for self-harm in adolescents: a randomized controlled trial).
It performed very well in this RCT and long term follow up figures are awaited, though it is right to add that it is a relatively small study and was conducted by the program developers, so replications are awaited.
What is it?
- MBT-A has a separate formal manual not a wiki like this, but the approach is at the heart of the material in this AMBIT manual referred to as:
- It is an adaptation of the strongly evidence-based approach for adults, MBT (for adults with Borderline Personality Disorder).
- MBT (for ADULTS) combines:
- INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS (weekly)
- with regular GROUP SESSIONS,
- MBT-A combines:
- INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS (weekly)
- Instead of the group work deployed for adults, MBT-A swaps regular (monthly) FAMILY SESSIONS