Caregiver Engagement in Outpatient Treatment for Adolescents in Community Settings: Construct and Predictive Validity of Family Therapy Techniques

• Published in: Administration and policy in mental health and mental health services research Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 685 - 697
• Main Authors: Porter, Nicole P., Hogue, Aaron, Bobek, Molly, Henderson, Craig E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.07.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescents; Behavior problems; Caregivers; Child & adolescent psychiatry; Clinical Psychology; Clinical research; Community; Community health care; Community involvement; Evidence-based medicine; Family cohesion; Family counseling; Family therapy; Family work relationship; Health Administration; Health Informatics; Internalization; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental health care; Original Article; Outpatient care facilities; Outpatient treatment; Predictions; Predictive validity; Psychiatry; Public Health; Reliability; Substance abuse; Teenagers; Therapists; Treatment methods; Validity; Caregiver engagement; Family therapy; Adolescent behavior problems

Caregiver engagement and participation in community-based outpatient treatment services for adolescents is generally poor, which is problematic given the integral role of caregivers prescribed by evidence-based treatments across orientations. The current study explores the psychometric and predictiv...