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The Future of Adolescent Psychotherapy Groups in the New Millennium

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Journal of Child and Adolescent Group Therapy

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This paper addresses the status of psychotherapy groups for adolescents in the year 2000, discusses some of the major problems we see in the delivery of mental health services and the conduct of psychotherapy groups for adolescents and suggests some of the changes we would like to see in the delivery of services and in the conditions of life for adolescents growing up in the United States over the next few years.

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MacLennan, B.W. The Future of Adolescent Psychotherapy Groups in the New Millennium. Journal of Child and Adolescent Group Therapy 10, 67–75 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009422621938

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