Parents' Perceived Treatment Match and Treatment Retention Over 12 Months Among Youths in the LAMS Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The goal of these analyses was to describe the 12-month prevalence of mental health services retention for youths ages six to 12 years and identify predictors of treatment retention. Data were from the Longitudinal Assessment of Manic Symptoms study.

Methods

In a longitudinal cohort study, 416 children and their parents completed measures of mental health services use and parents' perception of the services and participated in semistructured psychodiagnostic interviews during a baseline and 12-month assessment. Logistic regression analyses examined the effects on 12-month treatment retention of demographic and clinical variables and parents' perception of how well their children's treatment matched their needs.

Results

Sixty-nine percent of youths (N=289) co

SUBMITTER: Young AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4775290 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature