A randomized trial of an integrated cognitive behavioral treatment protocol for adolescents receiving home-based services for co-occurring disorders.

ABSTRACT: The current study conducted a preliminary test of whether community mental health clinic staff could implement a multicomponent cognitive behavioral treatment, developed for adolescents with substance misuse (alcohol and/or marijuana) and comorbid psychiatric symptoms. We randomized a total of 111 families, with an adolescent 12-18 years old, referred to a home-based services program for youth with co-occurring substance use and mental health problems, to receive treatment from either masters-level therapists who received intensive cognitive behavioral therapy (I-CBT) training or from masters-level therapists who took part in a typical brief continuing education-style CBT workshop (treatment as usual, or TAU). Each family's therapist and insurance company determined the frequency and inten

SUBMITTER: Wolff J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9106275 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature