The Effectiveness of Functional Family Therapy in Reducing Adolescent Mental Health Risk and Family Adjustment Difficulties in an Irish Context
| Autor: | Dan Hartnett, Thomas L. Sexton, Alan Carr |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male Parents medicine.medical_specialty Social Psychology Adolescent Poison control Context (language use) Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Injury prevention Medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences business.industry Mental Disorders 05 social sciences Human factors and ergonomics Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Mental health Clinical Psychology Treatment Outcome 050902 family studies Adolescent Behavior Physical therapy Family Therapy Female Family Relations 0509 other social sciences business Ireland Risk Reduction Behavior Social Sciences (miscellaneous) 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Family process. 55(2) |
| ISSN: | 1545-5300 |
| Popis: | To evaluate the effectiveness of Functional Family Therapy (FFT) 42 cases were randomized to FFT and 55 to a waiting-list control group. Minimization procedures controlled the effects of potentially confounding baseline variables. Cases were treated by a team of five therapists who implemented FFT with a moderate degree of fidelity. Rates of clinical recovery were significantly higher in the FFT group than in the control group. Compared to the comparison group, parents in the FFT group reported significantly greater improvement in adolescent problems on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and both parents and adolescents reported improvements in family adjustment on the Systemic Clinical Outcomes and Routine Evaluation (SCORE). In addition, 93% of youth and families in the treatment condition completed FFT. Improvements shown immediately after treatment were sustained at 3-month follow-up. Results provide a current demonstration of FFT's effectiveness for youth with behavior problems in community-based settings, expand our understanding of the range of positive outcomes of FFT to include mental health risk and family-defined problem severity and impact, and suggests that it is an effective intervention when implemented in an Irish context. |
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