Predicting Frequency of Treatment Visits in Community-Based Youth Psychotherapy.

The current study examines factors associated with the number of treatment visits attended by a youth and/or family, including sociodemographic variables, youth clinical characteristics and parent/family characteristics at intake, therapist characteristics, and treatment entry characteristics. A total of 57 therapists in two publicly-funded youth mental health clinics and 169 youths and parents from the therapists' combined caseloads were included in the study. Negative binomial regression was used to examine whether factors within these domains predict the number of treatment visits in this community-based sample.

Multiple stakeholder agreement on desired outcomes for adolescents' mental health services.

Objectives: This study identified desired outcomes for adolescent mental health services according to various stakeholders-adolescents, parents, and therapists-and examined agreement across these groups of stakeholders. Potential correlates of agreement, including the youth, family, and treatment characteristics, were also tested.

Methods: Interviews were conducted with 170 adolescents aged 11 to 18 years, their caregiver, and their psychotherapist when the adolescents entered community-based outpatient mental health services.