Michael S. Robbins

TL;DR: Functional Family Therapy (FFT) as discussed by the authors is all about helping youth and families who are in trouble, which can be accomplished by changing family interactions and improving relationship functioning as the primary vehicle for changing dysfunctional individual behaviors.

TL;DR: Findings highlight the importance of alliances in functional family therapy and suggest that how the alliance operates in conjoint family therapy may be a function of systemic rather than of individual processes.

TL;DR: Although no differences were observed between the 2 groups in Session 1, adolescents and mothers in the dropout group demonstrated statistically significantly lower alliance scores in Session 2 than adolescents and parents in the completer group.

TL;DR: Four enhancements to the prevailing business model of ASU outpatient services are recommended to accelerate penetration of evidence-based approaches into the underserved consumer base: pursue partnerships with influential governmental systems, utilize web-based technology to extend reach and control costs, adapt effective methods for linking services across sectors of care, and promote uptake and sustainability by emphasizing return on investment.

TL;DR: Functional Family Therapy (FFT) as mentioned in this paper is an empirically supported, highly successful family intervention for delinquent and substance-using adolescents, which systematically alters important risk and protective factors associated with the problem behaviours.