title: Single session family therapy in youth mental health: can it help?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of single session therapy in meeting the needs of young people and their families on first presentation to a mental health service.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a quantitative analysis of routinely collected data using self- and family member-reported session and outcome rating scales.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both young people and their family members rate single session therapy sessions highly. In addition, both young people and their families rate the young person's mental health and well-being to have improved after the single session therapy intervention, with mothers rating the young person's improvement most highly.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Single session therapy is an effective tool in improving both self- and parent-rated individual, interpersonal, social and overall well-being for young people presenting to a mental health service.
authors.affiliation: headspace Elsternwick, Bentleigh, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Liza
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.affiliation: Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, The Alfred and Monash University Central Clinical School, Prahran, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: headspace Elsternwick, Bentleigh, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Tess
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McGrane
authors.affiliation: headspace Elsternwick, Bentleigh, VIC, and; The Alfred Child and Youth Mental Health Service, Moorabbin, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barbara-May
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005195:Family Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: adolescent; family therapy; mental health; single session therapy; young people