TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Multisystemic therapy treatment of substance abusing or dependent adolescent offenders: Costs of reducing incarceration, inpatient, and residential placement
JO  - Journal of child and family studies
A1  - Schoenwald, Sonja
A1  - Ward, David
A1  - Henggeler, Scott
A1  - Pickrel, Susan
A1  - Patel, Heeren
SP  - 431
EP  - 444
VL  - 5
IS  - 4
N2  - The development of more effective and less costly family- and community-based services to serve as alternatives to out-of-home placements of children is an important priority in the reform of mental health services for children and adolescents. Within the context of a randomized trial with 118 substance abusing or dependent juvenile offenders, we examined the incremental costs of multisystemic therapy (MST) and related these costs to observed reductions in days of incarceration, hospitalization, and residential treatment at approximately 1 year postreferral. Results showed that the incremental costs of MST were nearly offset by the savings incurred as a result of reductions in days of out-of-home placement during the year. The need to validate effective treatments for youth with serious clinical problems and to link the costs of treatment<p /> 
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SN  - 1062-1024
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02233864
ID  - ref1
ER  -