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- Title
Multidimensional family therapy for adolescent drug abuse: results of a randomized clinical trial.
- Authors
Liddle, H A; Dakof, G A; Parker, K; Diamond, G S; Barrett, K; Tejeda, M
- Abstract
Random assignment was made of 182 clinically referred marijuana- and alcohol-abusing adolescents to one of three treatments: multidimensional family therapy (MDFT), adolescent group therapy (AGT), and multifamily educational intervention (MEI). Each treatment represented a different theory base and treatment format. All treatments were based on a manual and were delivered on a once-a-week outpatient basis. The therapists were experienced community clinicians trained to model-specific competence prior to the study and then supervised throughout the clinical trial. A theory-based multimodal assessment strategy measured symptom changes and prosocial functioning at intake, termination, and 6 and 12 months following termination. Results indicate improvement among youths in all three treatments, with MDFT showing superior improvement overall. MDFT participants also demonstrated change at the 1-year follow-up period in the important prosocial factors of school/academic performance and family functioning as measured by behavioral ratings. Results support the efficacy of MDFT, a relatively short-term, multicomponent, multitarget, family-based intervention in significantly reducing adolescent drug abuse and facilitating adaptive and protective developmental processes.
- Publication
The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse, 2001, Vol 27, Issue 4, p651
- ISSN
0095-2990
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1081/ada-100107661