12‐Step Facilitation reduces damage from substance use in youths. Issue 9 (September 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Is Part Of: Brown University child & adolescent psychopharmacology update. Volume 19:Issue 9(2017)
• Page Start: 3
• Page End: 4
• Publication Date: 2017-09
• Subjects: Pediatric psychopharmacology -- Periodicals; Psychopharmacology -- Periodicals; 615.78083
• DOI: 10.1002/cpu.30240
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1527-8395

Abstract

Abstract : A pilot study helps to fill a gap in research on 12‐Step‐oriented approaches in treatment, finding that 12‐Step Facilitation (TSF) helped to reduce consequences related to substance use in young people ages 14 to 21. A significant aspect of the study, beyond being the first to test TSF in an adolescent population, is that the intervention overall compared favorably against a motivational enhancement therapy (MET)/cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) approach that researchers referred to in their paper as "gold‐standard" outpatient treatment for youths.