A Multi-Center Study of Private Residential Treatment Outcomes

Abstract

This paper presents the results from a multi-center study on outcomes for youth treated in private residential treatment programs.

Young Adults in Residential and Outdoor Behavioral Health Programs: Prelimniary Outcomes from the Practice Research Network of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs

“…It is important to bear in mind that participants' scores remain in the normal range of functioning at six months postdischarge for both the OBH and RTC programs. Other than the slight difference found between the OBH and RTC samples post-discharge, the trends in this study are consistent with those found in other OBH young adult samples (Hoag et al, 2013;Roberts et al, 2016;Roberts et al, 2017) as well as in samples of OBH and RTC adolescents (Behrens, 2011;Tucker et al, 2011;Zelov et al, 2013).…”

“…As is common in long-term clinical outcome studies, this study saw a sharp decline in responses at the point of post-discharge (Behrens, 2011;Russell, 2003;Zelov et al, 2013). Attrition is one of the major methodological problems in longitudinal research (Combs, 2016;Estrada, Woodcock, & Schultz, 2014).…”

“…In fact, most adolescent studies reported similar ratios of males to females, profiles of ethnicity, as well as numbers and rates of presenting problems (Behrens, 2011;Tucker et al, 2011;Tucker et al, 2014;Tucker et al, 2016a;Tucker et al, 2016b; 0.282 ***p< .001, a significant pairwise mean difference between admit and discharge (p< .05), b significant pairwise mean difference between discharge and six months post-discharge (p< .05), c significant pairwise mean difference between admit and six months post-discharge (p< .05) Bold scores represent scores above the clinical cut-off as normed by instrument developers. Zelov et al, 2013).…”

“…The adolescent OBH and RTC research suggests that adolescents and/or their parents report significant improvement from the point of admission to the point of discharge for emotional, behavioral, academic, family, and substance abuse problems in RTC and OBH programs (Behrens, 2006;Behrens, 2011;Behrens, Santa, & Gass, 2010;Behrens & Satterfield, 2007;Bettmann, Tucker, Behrens, & Vanderloo, 2016;Russell, Gillis, & Lewis, 2008;Tucker, Norton, DeMille, & Hobson, 2016a;Tucker, Paul, Hobson, Karoff, & Gass, 2016b). Furthermore, the research suggests that adolescents maintain gains up to one year post-discharge (Behrens, 2011;Tucker et al, 2016a;Tucker, Smith, & Gass, 2014;Tucker, Zelov, & Young, 2011;Zelov, Tucker, & Javorski, 2013).…”

“…Furthermore, the research suggests that adolescents maintain gains up to one year post-discharge (Behrens, 2011;Tucker et al, 2016a;Tucker, Smith, & Gass, 2014;Tucker, Zelov, & Young, 2011;Zelov, Tucker, & Javorski, 2013).…”