This study evaluated two treatment programs for alcohol-problem, runaway adolescents and their families.
This study recruited primary alcohol problem adolescents (N=119) and their primary caretakers from two runaway shelters and assigned them to (a) home-based ecologically based family therapy (EBFT), (b) office-based functional family therapy (FFT), or (c) service as usual (SAU) through the shelter. Findings showed that both home-based EBFT and office-based FFT significantly reduced alcohol and drug use compared with SAU at 15-month post-baseline. Measures of family and adolescent functioning improved over time in all groups; however, significant differences between the home- and office-based interventions were found for treatment engagement and moderators of outcome. (publisher abstract modified)
Downloads
Similar Publications
- Developing and Using a Serious Drug Abuser Scale in the Criminal Justice System: Executive Summary
- Studying Drugs in Rural Areas: Notes from the Field (From Drug Use and Drug Policy, P 419-438, 1997, Marilyn McShane, Frank P. Williams, III, eds. - See NCJ-168395)
- Ethnic and Gender Differences in Legal Supervision Effectiveness in Controlling Narcotics Use and Crime