Preventing Youth Substance Use With Family Talk

"Family Talk is an evidence-based, parent-youth dyadic approach that uses psychoeducation and skills building to help families make meaning of a parent's adversity, increase resilience, and improve family functioning.~The Family Talk model comprises two components: the first involves a series of cognitive-behavioral techniques to bolster problem solving and communication skills among family members; the second involves a facilitated family meeting to develop a shared narrative for discussing each family member's experience of the parent's illness."