Effects of a Multidisciplinary Family Treatment Drug Court on Child and Family Outcomes: Results of a Quasi-Experimental Study

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 218-230

  Bruns, Eric J ^a   Pullmann, Michael D ^a   Weathers, Ericka S ^a   Wirschem, Mark L ^b   Murphy, Jill K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b King County Superior Court ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

child welfare; children in child welfare; parents adults; substance abuse; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PARENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866374889     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559512454216     Document Type: Article

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