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Abstract
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BACKGROUND: MST is an intensive home- and community-based intervention for youths with serious antisocial behaviour and other serious clinical problems, which has been effective at reducing out-of-home placements and producing favourable long-term clinical outcomes in the US. The aims of the study were to determine the degree to which these outcomes would be replicated in Norway for youths with serious behaviour problems and to conduct a randomised trial of MST by an independent team of investigators.
METHOD: Participants were 100 seriously antisocial youths in Norway who were randomly assigned to Multisystemic Therapy (MST) or usual Child Welfare Services (CS) treatment conditions. Data were gathered from youths, parents, and teachers pre- and post-treatment.
RESULTS: MST was more effective than CS at reducing youth internalising and externalising behaviours and out-of-home placements, as well as increasing youth social competence and family satisfaction with treatment.
DISCUSSION: This is the first study of MST outside of the US and one of the first not conducted by the developers of MST. The findings replicate those obtained by MST's developers and demonstrate the generalisability of short-term MST effects beyond the US. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2004. Copyright © 2004 by The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health; Blackwell Publishers, Inc.)
For more information on Multisystemic Therapy, a Blueprints for Violence Prevention Model program, see VioPro record number 2261.
Norway
Foreign Countries
Offender Treatment
Offender Substance Use
Alcohol Use Effects
Alcohol Related Violence
Alcohol Use Treatment
Drug Use Treatment
Drug Use Effects
Drug Related Violence
Substance Use Treatment
Substance Use Effects
Substance Use-Violence Co-Occurence
Juvenile Offender
Juvenile Violence
Juvenile Treatment
Violence Treatment
Family Based
Community Based
Multisystemic Therapy
Blueprints Model Reference
Program Effectiveness
Program Evaluation
Juvenile Behavior
Juvenile Antisocial Behavior
Behavior Treatment
Multisystemic Therapy
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