ArticleChild and adolescent psychiatry and mental health2018
Multidimensional family therapy in adolescents with a cannabis use disorder: long-term effects on delinquency in a randomized controlled trial.
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- Interventions for female drug-using offenders.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
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- Forensic child & adolescent psychiatry and psychology in Europe.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
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- Family Functioning and Adolescent Delinquency in Mainland China: Positive Youth Development Attributes as a Mediator.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Long-Term Effects of Home-Based Family Therapy for Non-responding Adolescents With Psychiatric Disorders. A 3-Year Follow-Up.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment: an Update on Evidence-Based Strategies.Current psychiatry reports · 2019Review
- Longitudinal studies in forensic child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health: CAPMH thematic series 2018/2019.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundSubstance use and delinquency are considered to be mutual risk factors. Previous studies have shown that multidimensional family therapy (MDFT) is effective in tackling both conditions on the short term. The current study examines the long-term effects of MDFT on criminal offending.
methods109 adolescents with cannabis use disorder and comorbid problem behavior were randomly assigned to either MDFT or cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Police arrest data were collected for 6 years: 3 years prior to and 3 years after treatment entry. Using survival analysis and repeated measure General Linear Models (rmGLM), the two treatment groups were compared on number of arrests, type of offence, and severity of offence. Moderator analyses looking at age, disruptive behavior disorders, history of crimes, family functioning, and (severe) cannabis use were conducted (rmGLM).
resultsWhile police arrest rates increased in the 3 years before treatment, the rates decreased substantially after the start of both treatments. No differences were found between the treatment groups with respect to either time to first offence from the start of the treatment or changes in frequency or severity of offending over time. A treatment effect trend favoring MDFT was found for property offending in the subgroup of adolescents with high baseline-severity of cannabis use.
conclusionsAcross a follow-up period of 3 years, MDFT and CBT were similarly effective in reducing delinquency in adolescents with a cannabis use disorder.
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