Behavioral Family Therapy for Serious Psychiatric Disorders

Behavioral Family Therapy (BFT) for Serious Psychiatric Disorders is an evidence-based intervention for people dealing with serious psychiatric illnesses involving psychosis or severe disability. BFT emphasizes strengthening a Veteran's family support system through family psycho-education, communication skills training, and problem-solving training. The content is based on the individual behavioral family therapy model described by Mueser and Glynn (1999) in the 2nd edition of Behavioral Family Therapy for Psychiatric Disorders.