Virgin Islands MDT provides an empirically based treatment for adolescents with behavioral problems such as anger, oppositional defiant and sexual and physical aggression (Apsche & DiMeo, 2010). It offers therapists a more efficient and timely intervention that positively effects recidivism rates

MDT provides an empirically based treatment for adolescents with behavioral problems such as anger, oppositional defiant and sexual and physical aggression (Apsche & DiMeo, 2010). It offers therapists a more efficient and timely intervention that positively effects recidivism rates (Apsche, Bass & Murphy, 2004). Based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (Beck, 1996), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) (Hayes, Strosahl, & Wilson, 1999), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) (Linehan, 1993) and Functional Analytic Therapy (FAP) (Kohlenberg & Tsai, 1993), MDT has surpassed standards of CBT, DBT and Social Skills Training (SST).This article will review essential MDT studies and present the data in a meta-analysis and Cohen's d meta-analysis format.