Evaluation of multisystemic therapy pilot services in Services for Teens Engaging in Problem Sexual Behaviour (STEPS-B): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Clinically effective and cost-effective methods for managing problematic sexual behaviour in adolescents are urgently needed. Adolescents who show problematic sexual behaviour have a range of negative psychosocial outcomes, and they and their parents can experience stigma, hostility and rejection from their community. Multisystemic therapy (MST) shows some evidence for helping to reduce adolescent sexual reoffending and is one of the few promising interventions available to young people who show problematic sexual behaviour.

Economic evaluation of multisystemic therapy for young people at risk for continuing criminal activity in the UK.

Objective: To evaluate whether multisystemic therapy (MST) is more cost-effective than statutory interventions that are currently available for young offenders in England.

Method: A cost-offset evaluation of MST based on data from a randomised controlled trial conducted in North London, England, comparing MST with usual services provided by two youth offending teams (YOT). Service costs were compared to cost savings in terms of rates of criminal re-offending.

Multisystemic therapy for young offenders: families' experiences of therapeutic processes and outcomes.

Multisystemic Therapy (MST) has been found to be effective in reducing youth antisocial behavior, but little is known about the process and impact of MST from the perspective of families themselves. This qualitative study explored parents' and young people's experiences of MST, focusing on aspects of the intervention that promoted or limited change. Thirty-seven semistructured interviews were conducted with a consecutive sample of 21 families (21 parent interviews, 16 young people) who had participated in a randomized controlled trial of MST for young offenders in the United Kingdom.

A randomized controlled trial of multisystemic therapy and a statutory therapeutic intervention for young offenders.

Objective: To evaluate whether Multisystemic Therapy (MST) is more effective in reducing youth offending and out-of-home placement in a large, ethnically diverse, urban U.K. sample than an equally comprehensive management protocol; and to determine whether MST leads to broader improvements in youth sociality and in mediators believed to be responsible for change in MST.

Outcome Findings from a Parent Training Programme for Young People with Conduct Problems.

Background:   Group-based parent training programmes are a common intervention for tackling conduct problems in young people. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a parent training programme on young people presenting with conduct problems.

Method:   123 parents of young people aged 10 to 17 with conduct problems participated in the study.

Multisystemic Therapy (MST) for Youth Offending, Psychiatric Disorder and Substance Abuse: Case Examples from a UK MST Team.

Background:   The paper illustrates the MST treatment model with three types of presenting problem in young people aged 14-15.

Method:   The MST model is described and then illustrated with detailed case material from a violent young person convicted of robbery, a young person with a history of serious self-harming behaviour and hospitalisation, and a young person persistently smoking cannabis.

Results:   All three cases improved after the MST intervention despite disparate presenting problems that included re-offending, the elimination of self-harming behaviour and a significant reduction in the use of cannabis.

Collecting Routine Outcome Data in a Psychotherapy Community Clinic for Young People: Findings from an Ongoing Study.

Background:   The paper reports on the collection of routine outcome data from an ongoing audit at a voluntary sector psychotherapy service for young people aged 12 to 21 years in London offering once-weekly psychotherapy.

Method:   The study uses intake and follow-up data from an ongoing audit of the psychotherapy service that started in 1993; 1608 young people were included in the study. Measures and areas of interest include the Youth Self Report Form, a significant other (SO) version of the Teacher's Report Form, the Young Adult Self Report Form, and the Young Adult Behaviour Check List.

The evaluation of mental health outcome at a community-based psychodynamic psychotherapy service for young people: a 12-month follow-up based on self-report data.

The present study focuses on the evaluation of mental health outcome of 151 young people who received psychodynamic psychotherapy at the Brandon Centre, a community-based psychodynamic psychotherapy centre; for young people. This paper reports the results from a 1-year follow-up based on self-report data. Participants aged 12-18 years completed either the Youth Self Report form or, if they were aged over 18, the Young Adult Self Report form at intake, 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year.