Multidimensional family therapy in adolescents with a cannabis use disorder: long-term effects on delinquency in a randomized controlled trial
van der Pol TM, Hendricks V, Rigter H, et al. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health201812:44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-018-0248-x
This multi-site European randomised controlled trial of 109 adolescents with cannabis use disorder and behaviour problems found that multidimensional family therapy (MFT), an expensive and systemically oriented treatment for conduct disorder and more cost-effective cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) were similarly effective in reducing criminal behaviour at 3 years. MFT appeared to be more beneficial in reducing property damage in a sub-group of adolescents with significant cannabis abuse.
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