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Adapting Multisystemic Therapy to Serve Youth Presenting Psychiatric Emergencies: Two Case Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2000

Melisa D. Rowland ,
Scott W. Henggeler ,
Anita M. Gordon ,
Susan G. Pickrel ,
Phillippe B. Cunningham  and
James E. Edwards
Melisa D. Rowland
Affiliation:
Family Services Research Center-MUSC, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President Street, Suite CPP, PO Box 250861, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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Abstract

Multisystemic therapy (MST) is a highly individualised family- and home-based treatment that has successfully served as a clinically effective and cost-effective alternative to out-of-home placements (e.g., incarceration, psychiatric hospitalisation) for youth presenting serious clinical problems. MST clinical procedures are reviewed and two extensive case summaries are used to explicate the MST intervention process for treating serious antisocial behaviour and modifications in that process needed to safely and effectively serve youth presenting psychiatric emergencies.

Keywords

Multisystemic therapyoutcomesadolescentpsychiatric hospitalisationsevere emotional disturbance
Type
Therapy Matters
Information
Child Psychology and Psychiatry Review , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , February 2000 , pp. 30 - 43
Copyright
© 2000 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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