Taking Effective Treatments to Scale: Organizational Effects on Outcomes of Multisystemic Therapy for Youths with Co-Occurring Substance Use

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-31

  Schoenwald, Sonja K ^a   Chapman, Jason E ^a   Henry, David B ^b   Sheidow, Ashli J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

evidence based treatments; multisystemic therapy; organizational effects; youth with comorbid substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861003948     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: 15470652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1067828X.2012.636684     Document Type: Article

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