Residential treatment for adolescents with substance use disorders: An investigation of treatment outcomes and family variables
Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: This study explores relationships between treatment outcomes, parent involvement, and family variables in an adolescent residential substance use treatment program.Adolescents (N = 165), ages 13 to 18 (61% male), and their parents or guardians participated in this study.Statistically significant changes between pre-and post-treatment adolescent attitudes toward drugs, psychological symptom severity, and stage of change were found.Abstinence rates at 7-day and 30-day follow-up were 83.9% and 75.6% respectively.Increased parent contact was associated with reduced 7-day abstinence rates.Increased family conflict predicted increased parent contact.Increased levels of parent precontemplation and maintenance predicted decreased parent contact.Findings suggest residential treatment remains a viable treatment option for substanceusing adolescents.Parent and family factors appear to impact parent contact, and parent contact appears to impact treatment outcome, though the effects remain unclear.Further exploration of the construct of parent involvement is warranted.
Author: Anna N. Crane
Institution: Ohio University
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2230158828