City of Linköping

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Ann-Cathrine Hjerdt, Mayor of Linköping

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Linköping Sweden

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Linköping in brief

One of Sweden’s fastest growing cities with almost

150 000 inhabitants

High technology of world class

University hospital

An innovative university with 27 000 students

Compulsory school Yrs 1-9, age 7-16

nearly 14 000 students

Upper secondary school, age 16-19

5 702 students

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Smoking habits

Question: Do you smoke?

Never 67 %No, only tried 19 %No, I have stopped 3 %

Yes, but only at times 8 %Yes, almost every day 2 %Yes, every day 2 %

14 years old

Never 34 %No, only tried 34 %No, I have stopped 6 %

Yes, but only at times 16 %Yes, almost every day 3 %Yes, every day 8 %

17 years old

Life style study, Linköping 2009

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Drinking habits

Question: How often do you drink?

Never 69 %

Not more than once/month 21 %

2-4 times/month 8 %

More than twice a week 2 %

13-16 years old 16-19 years old

Life style study, Linköping 2009

Never 19 %

Not more than once/month 42 %

2-4 times/month 35 %

More than twice a week 4 %

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Question: Have you ever used cannabis, hashish or marijuana?

Never 95 %

Tried 3 %

At times 1 %

Use regularly 0.6 %

14 years old 17 years old

Life style study, Linköping 2009

Drug habits

Never 85 %

Tried 11 %

At times 3 %

Use regularly 1 %

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Supporting network

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Two ways of treatment

Exercise of authority Service on a voluntary basis

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Brief Strategic Family Therapy Training, BSFT

“Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) is a structured, problem-focused, directive, and practical approach to the “treatment” of conduct problems, associations with antisocial peers, early drug use and the accompanying maladaptive family interactions (relations), and other recognized youth risk factors.”

Method developed at Family Therapy Training Institute of Miami

In Europe used only in Stockholm and Linköping

An evidence-based practice

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BSFT successfully reduces problems in adolescents and strengthens their families. BSFT provides families with the tools to overcome individual and family risk factors through:

1)focused interventions to improve maladaptive patterns of family interaction, and 2) skills building strategies to strengthen families.