THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PROGRAM (CAP)

McLean Hospital
Child Outpatient Department

115 Mill Street
Belmont, Massachusetts 02478-9106

MOOD DISORDER GROUP FOR OLDER ADOLESCENT GIRLS
Tuesdays, 4 pm to 5 pm	Amy Trupe, LICSW	617-855-2912
*Thursdays, 4 pm to 5 pm*

This group is designed for girls in high school, ages 14-19, who struggle with mood disorders including major depression, bipolar disorder and dysthymia. Withdrawn, socially isolated, and or anxious adolescent girls are also appropriate. The group is an open-ended process group intended to promote mutual peer support. Girls make a commitment, prior to joining group, of six to eight months of ongoing participation. Girls also are expected to be in weekly psychotherapy while participating in Girls Mood Disorder Group. Girls use this group to identify what issues or experiences influence their mood and then offer support to one another with problem solving skills or CBT/DBT skills.

DIALECTICAL BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (DBT) SKILLS GROUP
Wednesdays, every week, 4 pm to 5 pm		*Adolescent DBT Group*
Wednesdays, every other week, 4 pm to 5 pm		*Parents Group*

Jessica Feinberg, LICSW	(Parent Group)	617-855-2870
Jessica Goldstein, PhD	(Adolescent Group)	617-855-2206
Adele Bent, LCSW	(Adolescent Coaching)	617-855-3976

This is a six month, time limited skills program for adolescents in high school, ages 14-19, and their families. The group is aimed at treating adolescents who have particular difficulty managing their strong emotions and as a result engage in self-destructive behaviors. The program consists of an adolescent group which meets weekly, plus a required parents’ group that runs concurrently and meets on a bi-weekly basis. In addition, the adolescents participate in periodic individual skills coaching provided by a McLean clinician. It is required that the adolescent be in individual treatment in order to participate in this program. The group has rolling admissions.

COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (CBT) GROUP
*Tuesdays, 4 pm to 5 pm*	Boaz Levy, PhD	617-855-2283

Designed to treat adolescents in high school, ages 15-19, who have particular difficulty managing their strong emotions, this group aims to help adolescents identify problem thought processes and or behaviors that occur in response to stressful situations. Once these factors are identified, we work to change those cognitive and behavioral responses and to improve skills in the area of emotion management. The group is time limited and runs for 12 weeks. A parent support group meets every other week; our goal is to run it concurrently with the adolescent group.

ADOLESCENT DUAL DIAGNOSIS SUBSTANCE ABUSE GROUP
*Thursdays, 5 pm to 6 pm*	Richard Falzone, MD	617-855-3917
This is an ongoing substance abuse group for teens, both male and female, ages 15-19, who are abusing alcohol and or other substances. Members also have a co-morbid psychiatric diagnosis. The group will be both psychoeducational and process oriented, with an emphasis on developing clean and sober coping skills. Abstinence will be the primary emphasis. Parents are asked to be involved in periodic family meetings following the group.

For more information, please call the Child and Adolescent Outpatient
Intake Office at 617-855-3537.

U.S. News & World Report ranked McLean Hospital first among all freestanding psychiatric hospitals. McLean Hospital is the largest psychiatric facility of Harvard Medical School, an affiliate of the Massachusetts General Hospital and a member of Partners HealthCare.