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Multisystemic therapy for antisocial juveniles: suggestions for improvement
Author(s) -
Martens Willem H. J.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.00206.x
Subject(s) - psychology , antisocial personality disorder , citation , psychoanalysis , personality , psychiatry , library science , poison control , medicine , injury prevention , environmental health , computer science
Multisystemic therapy (MST) is an intensive familyand community-based treatment that was developed in the late 1970s to address the mental health needs of seriously antisocial youth. There is only mixed evidence for (long-term) success of current MST. The author suggests that following important topics, which are hardly considered in current MST approaches, should be included in order to make this treatment approach more adequate: