John Piacentini, PhD - UCLA CARES Program
Rachel Kramer, PhD - UCSF, Family-Based Therapy
Ramona Friedman, PhD - Clinical Psychologist
Moderated by Shashank Joshi, Phd - Stanford University
Trying to make sense of all of the acronyms in youth mental health? This panel broke down key evidence-based treatments: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Family-Based Therapy (FBT). The doctors discussed what “evidence- based” means with regards to youth mental health treatments and identified conditions for which various treatments are most effective.