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Szapocznik, J., Hervis, O.E., & Schwartz, S. 2003. Brief Strategic Family Therapy® for adolescent drug abuse (NIH Publication No. 03-4751). NIDA Therapy Manuals for Drug Addiction. Rockville, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse. View Manual.

Szapocznik, J., Rio, A., Murray, E., Cohen, R., Scopetta, M.A., Rivas-Vasquez, A., Hervis, O.E. & Posada, V. (1989). Structural family versus psychodynamic child therapy for problematic Hispanic boys. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 57 (5), 571-578. ** Winner of the 1990 Outstanding Research Publication Award of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Szapocznik, José, W.M. Kurtines, F. Foote, A. Perez–Vidal, and Olga E. Hervis. 1986. “Conjoint Versus One-Person Family Therapy: Further Evidence for the Effectiveness of Conducting Family Therapy Through One Person.” Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 54(3):395–97.

Szapocznik, José, A. Perez–Vidal, Olga E. Hervis, A.L. Brickman, and W.M. Kurtines. 1989. “Innovations in Family Therapy: Strategies for Overcoming Resistance to Treatment.” In R.A. Wells and V.J. Giannetti (eds.). Handbook of the Brief Psychotherapies. New York, N.Y.: Plenum Press, 93–114.

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Kurtines, W.M., Hervis, O.E. & Szapocznik, J. (1989). Brief strategic family therapy™ (BSFT™). In J. Szapocznik & W.M. Kurtines, Breakthroughs in family therapy with drug abusing and problem youth. New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Hervis, O.E. & Szapocznik, J. (1987). Un enfoque estrategico y estructural de terapia familiar [A strategic structural approach to family therapy]. Washington, D.C.: Pan American Health Organization.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) selected Brief Strategic Family Therapy® (BSFT™) as the adolescent treatment to be featured in their Treatment Manual Series. NIDA's fifth treatment manual in a series describes (BSFT™), a short-term intervention strategy for treating adolescent drug use, conduct problems at home and at school, oppositional behavior, delinquency, associating with antisocial peers, aggressive and violent behavior, and risky sexual behavior. View Manual.

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) program description and abbreviated treatment manual: http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/179285.pdf and http://www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/jjbul2000_04_3/contents.html and http://www.drugabuse.gov/TXManuals/bsft/bsftindex.html. 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration / National Registry of Evidence-based Programs (NREPP) states the BSFT™ Program is a “Model Program.”  See: http://nrepp.samhsa.gov/programfulldetails.asp?PROGRAM_ID=157. 

Blueprints for Violence Prevention / Center for the Studyand Prevention of Violence selected the BSFT™ Program as a Promising Program.   Blueprints Promising Programs were selected from a review of over 600 violence prevention programs. The selection criteria for the Blueprints programs establishes a very high standard criteria.  See: www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints/index.html. 

The BSFT™ Program description on the SAMHSA Model Programs: http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov/pdfs/model/Bsft.pdf. 

BSFT™, the intervention model developed by Dr. Jose Szapocznik and colleagues at the University of Miami was recognized as a "2006 Best Practice" by the State of Florida Department of Children and Families and the Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association.  See: http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/admin/strategicplan/strategicplan.pdf. 

Clinical Trials Network Dissemination Library: http://ctndisseminationlibrary.org/protocols/ctn0014.htm. 

University of North Carolina Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships - North Carolina Dept. of Health & Human Services.  See: http://www.uncg.edu/csr/asatp/pdf_pages/EBP%20pdf/BSFT.pdf. 

National Alliance on Mental Illness: Choosing the Right Treatment: What Families Need to Know About Evidence-Based Practices: http://www.nami.org/Content/Microsites186/NAMI_Maine/Home174/FAMILY_Newsletter-_Winter_2006/ChoosingRightTreatment1.pdf.

Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Drug Control Strategy-FY2009 Budget Summary (BSFT™ on page 47): http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/policy/09budget/dhhs.pdf.

The BSFT™ Program indicated in The Question of Adapting Motivational Interviewing with American Indian and Alaska Native Populations, from the Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions.  See: http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/action/disparities_meeting/Venner.pdf.