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The case conceptualization is a systematic sequential process that is carefully designed to provide evidence-based functional treatment to adolescents with complex emotional, thought, and behavior disorders in their family context (The Behavior Analyst Today 4:47–58, 2003). As such, it is both a link between theory and practice, and a bridge between assessment and intervention, which is indispensable when mental health issues impact family units. Sperry (The Family Journal 13:71–76, 2005) highlighted case conceptualization as an analysis of patterns in family interactions that is applied to the planning and sequencing of treatment involving adolescent behavioral problems in a family context. Such an integration of theory and practice remains underexplored in quantifiable terms in this functional area of treatment, although it is the foundation of an effective and measurable change process.
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Swart, J., Bass, C.K., Apsche, J.A. (2015). Case Conceptualization. In: Treating Adolescents with Family-Based Mindfulness. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12700-2_8
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