Family Therapy Research Paper

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The Impact of Family Therapy on Adolescent Marijuana Users Chapter One Family therapy is a form of therapy where an adolescent who ranging from ages 10 through 19 obtain treatment with an addiction therapist who work with the whole family (Additon.com, n.d.). (Britannica.com, n.d.). The whole family must attend each appointment to take back their adolescent’s life. Malespin et al. (2015) stated that adolescent using and abusing marijuana “has proven to have detrimental consequences such as disadvantages in attention, verbal learning and memory”. Participating in family therapy is instrumental in helping the adolescent to uphold their abstinence from using marijuana. Moreover, if the adolescent is to be successful in their treatment they must

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