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NIDA-CTN-0014

Division

CTN

HEAL Study

Investigator(s)

José Szapocznik, Ph.D.

Title

Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) For Adolescent Drug Abusers

Short Description

This study was designed to compare BSFT to treatment as usual (TAU) in reducing adolescent drug use.

Release Date

Mar 02, 2010

Description

Adolescent drug abuse continues to be one of the most pressing public health issues in the United States—our nation’s teenagers continue to use illicit drugs at a worrisome rate. Broad reviews of the treatment outcome literature indicate that family interventions in general, and Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) in particular, are effective with drug using youth. This study was designed to compare BSFT to treatment as usual (TAU). The researchers believed that BSFT would be much more effective than TAU in reducing adolescent drug use.

Keywords

adolescent

family therapy

Assessments

Addiction Severity Index Lite

Color Discrimination Task for CTN

Conventional Activities of Friends (Pittsburgh survey)

Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children

Family Environmental Scale

Parenting Practices (Chicago Survey)

Peer Delinquency Scale

Risk Behavior Survey