Variables Associated with Therapy Attendance in Runaway Substance Abusing Youth: Preliminary Findings

Slesnick, Natasha

doi:10.1080/01926180127626

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“…What can be observed in institutional practice and is supported by literature is that young people hardly seek any kind of drugs addiction treatment and that, when they do, often drop out early (11) , i.e. before the treatment enhances any effective changes.…”

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Drugs use by adolescents and their perceptions about specialized treatment adherence and dropout

Vasters

Pillon

2011

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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Drugs use in adolescence is an important issue to be discussed, due to the early damage it causes. This study investigated adolescent drugs use, ranging from the first trial to perceptions about treatment adherence. Based on qualitative research, the researchers aimed to understand the problem from the subjects’ viewpoint. Data were analyzed through thematic categorization. Fourteen teenagers were interviewed: mostly males, 14 to 19 years old and low education. Marijuana was the most used drug upon the first trial. Friends, free time and "parties" favored drugs use. Teenagers also used drugs to escape from conflicts and feelings. Different intrinsic and extrinsic factors were reported as favorable to treatment adherence and dropout. The findings can contribute to establish therapeutic intervention proposals for adolescent drug users.

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confidence: 64%

Drugs use by adolescents and their perceptions about specialized treatment adherence and dropout

Vasters

Pillon

2011

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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“…Initial contact with the client is important in ensuring treatment continuation. A shorter period of time between the pretreatment interview and the first session has been found to increase overall treatment attendance (Slesnick 2001). Therefore, therapy should begin as soon as possible.…”

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Marriage and Family Therapy with Low-Income Clients: Professional, Ethical, and Clinical Issues

Grimes

McElwain

2008

Contemp Fam Ther

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Economic stress greatly increases the likelihood of mental health issues occurring within a family. Although this is widely known within the mental health profession, there is a lack of literature that assists therapists in working effectively with lowincome clients. As a result, marriage and family therapists may be ill equipped to meet the needs of those in poverty, and may even be conducting therapy that is ethically unsound. The authors of this article discuss several ethical and professional issues regarding therapy with families in poverty. A number of suggestions are presented for improving the effectiveness of therapy with low-income clients.

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“…Five of these represent US-based work conducted by Professor Natasha Slesnick's research team (Slesnick 2001;Slesnick et al 2006;Slesnick et al 2011;Slesnick et al 2008b; For further data on treatment attendance, we included a Brazilian study involving a multicomponent drop-in centre described as a service innovation (Scivoletto et al 2012) and a study comparing community reinsertion rates among three residential shelters in Brazil and Peru …”

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“…In an early study by the Slesnick research team (Slesnick 2001), participant background variables including ethnicity, gender, and family type, abuse history, number of runaway episodes and substance use were found not to predict treatment attendance.…”

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Service Engagement in Interventions for Street-Connected Children and Young People: A Summary of Evidence Supplementing a Recent Cochrane–Campbell Review

Hossain

Coren

2014

Child Youth Care Forum

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BACKGROUND: This paper builds on a Cochrane-Campbell systematic review of interventions that reduce harms and promote reintegration in street-connected children and young people focusing on intervention outcomes. The aim of the present analysis is to explore questions raised in the systematic review over the potential role of service engagement in mediating outcomes of relevant interventions.OBJECTIVE: The paper summarises engagement-related findings from quantitative intervention evaluations with street-connected populations of children and young people, as reported by study authors. It seeks to contribute to theoretical and methodological understandings of service engagement with street-connected youth populations and to highlight gaps in current knowledge.METHODS: Drawing on the original search for the Cochrane-Campbell review, we re-screened search results in our database and included quantitative findings if relevant to our current research questions, regardless of study design. Additionally, we sought new study publications from authors whose work was included in the original systematic review. The discussion explores relevant data from five studies included in the original systematic review, ten studies excluded from the review, and two studies published after the completion of the review.RESULTS: The measures of service engagement in the included studies focused on treatment attendance, 'level of engagement', and service satisfaction. Evidence on the impact of service engagement on other outcomes in interventions for street-connected children and young people was limited. Available data on the predictors and impact of service engagement were mixed and appear not to provide robust support for common hypotheses in the relevant context.

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Variables Associated with Therapy Attendance in Runaway Substance Abusing Youth: Preliminary Findings

Cited by 35 publications

References 20 publications

Drugs use by adolescents and their perceptions about specialized treatment adherence and dropout

Drugs use by adolescents and their perceptions about specialized treatment adherence and dropout

Marriage and Family Therapy with Low-Income Clients: Professional, Ethical, and Clinical Issues

Service Engagement in Interventions for Street-Connected Children and Young People: A Summary of Evidence Supplementing a Recent Cochrane–Campbell Review

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