“…CBT has a plethora of literature published in recent articles and books on its efficacy with adolescents. Reinecke, Dattilio, Freeman, 2004, Friedberg, Maclure, 2002 CBT has been demonstrated to be effective in treating adolescent depression, Rehm and Sharp, 1996, adolescent anxiety disorders, Kendall, 2004and personality disorders, Beck, Freeman, Davis and Associates, 2004, aggression, Lochman, Whidby, Fitzgerald, 2000, and anger, Nelson and Finch, 2000 MDT has had several recent articles that demonstrate it is an effective treatment with aggressive and abused or reactive adolescents (Apsche, Bass, Siv, 2005;Apsche, Ward Bailey 2004.MDT and CBT were compared together and with social skills training (Apsche, Bass, Jennings, Murphy, Siv and Hunter, 2005); Apsche, Bass, Siv, 2005). The results suggest that MDT was superior to CBT and SST in reducing both physical and sexual aggression in adolescents in a residential treatment center.…”