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ReviewBehavior therapy2016

The Oregon Model of Behavior Family Therapy: From Intervention Design to Promoting Large-Scale System Change.

Thomas Dishion, Marion Forgatch, Patricia Chamberlain, William E Pelham

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Review in Behavior therapy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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40citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
21.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 135 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas DishionASU REACH Institute, Arizona State University. Electronic address: dishion@asu.edu.
Marion ForgatchImplementation Sciences International Inc., and Oregon Social Learning Center.
Patricia ChamberlainOregon Social Learning Center.
William E PelhamASU REACH Institute, Arizona State University.
Oregon Social Learning Center · USArizona State University · USRealistic Education in Action Coalition to Foster Health · US

Funding

Preventing Substance Use in the Context of Poverty: Risk and Protection from Early Childhood to Early AdulthoodR01DA036832 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI SHAW, DANIEL S · 2014 to 2020
$10.2M
Translational Drug Abuse Prevention CenterP50DA035763 · NIDA · OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER, INC. · PI CHAMBERLAIN, PATRICIA, FISHER, PHILIP A · 2013 to 2017
$9.5M
Understanding and Preventing Early Adult Drug AbuseR01DA007031 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF OREGON · PI LEMERY-CHALFANT, KATHRYN · 1991 to 2015
$6.2M
Implementing Parent Management Training in NorwayR01DA016097 · NIDA · OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER, INC. · PI FORGATCH, MARION S. · 2002 to 2006
$3.5M
IMPACT OF CRISES &SUPPORT ON FAMILY PROCESS &DEVIANCYR01MH038318 · NIMH · OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER, INC. · PI FORGATCH, MARION S. · 1985 to 2004
$3.1M
Teens' Risk During Transition: Preventing Drug Use, HIV & School ProblemsR01DA032634 · NIDA · OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER, INC. · PI CHAMBERLAIN, PATRICIA · 2012 to 2016
$2.9M
PREVENTING MARITAL AND CHILD PROBLEMS IN STEPFAMILIESR01MH054703 · NIMH · OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER, INC. · PI FORGATCH, MARION S. · 1996 to 2000
$615k
NIDA NIH HHS P50 DA035763NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA007031NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA016097NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA032634NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA036832NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH038318NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH054703
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper reviews the evolution of the Oregon model of family behavior therapy over the past four decades. Inspired by basic research on family interaction and innovation in behavior change theory, a set of intervention strategies were developed that were effective for reducing multiple forms of problem behavior in children (e.g., Patterson, Chamberlain, & Reid, 1982). Over the ensuing decades, the behavior family therapy principles were applied and adapted to promote children's adjustment to address family formation and adaptation (Family Check-Up model), family disruption and maladaptation (Parent Management Training-Oregon model), and family attenuation and dissolution (Treatment Foster Care-Oregon model). We provide a brief overview of each intervention model and summarize randomized trials of intervention effectiveness. We review evidence on the viability of effective implementation, as well as barriers and solutions to adopting these evidence-based practices. We conclude by proposing an integrated family support system for the three models applied to the goal of reducing the prevalence of severe problem behavior, addiction, and mental problems for children and families, as well as reducing the need for costly and largely ineffective residential placements.

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Models, PsychologicalParentingBehavior TherapyChildChild Behavior DisordersFamily TherapyFoster Home CareHumansParentsRandomized Controlled Trials as Topicdevelopmental modelsparent trainingpeerspreventiontreatment foster care

Identifiers

PMID27993335
PMCPMC5389456
OpenAlexW2272190408

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