A Review Following Systematic Principles of Multisystemic Therapy for Antisocial Behavior in Adolescents Aged 10–17 Years

Multisystemic therapy versus management as usual in the treatment of adolescent antisocial behaviour (START): 5-year follow-up of a pragmatic, randomised, controlled, superiority trial

“…The data showed that MST was superior in continuing to reduce inconsistent discipline at 24 months, but there were no other indications of lasting benefit from MST on the measures associated with antisocial behaviour and attitudes, parenting skills and family functioning, and young people's and parental wellbeing and adjustment. These findings are not consistent with results from MST studies in the USA, 6 which found that MST was superior to MAU on measures of criminal offending. There are key differences in the social context and study designs that might account for disparities between the longterm effectiveness data from the USA and the UK.…”

“…It is an intensive, family-focused programme that helps young people manage their behaviour in various contexts, including at home, at school, and in the community. 5 High-quality, quantitative systematic reviews showed that MST helps to reduce adolescent antisocial and offending behaviour and improves individual and family problems, but the majority of studies with positive results are from the USA, and replications in other countries have had mixed outcomes 6 . All longer-term follow-up studies are based on US samples and carried out by the developers of the treatment; these typically report short follow-up periods for secondary outcomes other than criminal behaviour.…”

Training Treatment Skill of Children Abuse Victims for College Students

“…The programme is intensive and family focused and helps young people manage their behaviour in various contexts, including at home, at school, and in the community (Fonagy et al, 2020). Multisystemic therapy is a promising intervention to improve the prognosis of antisocial and offending behaviour in young people (Markham, 2018). Project support is beneficial treatment to decrease maltreatment of children among families which has occurred (Jouriles et al, 2010).…”

Systematic review and meta-analysis of noninstitutional psychosocial interventions to prevent juvenile criminal recidivism.

“…Systematic reviews from the past two decades have attempted to assess the effectiveness of interventions aimed at preventing juvenile crime. These reviews suggest that noninstitutional interventions for juvenile criminality can have negative effects (Petrosino et al, 2013), no clear effects (Littell, 2005; Markham, 2018; Weisman & Montgomery, 2019; Wilson et al, 2005), or modest positive effects (Hartnett et al, 2017; Tolan et al, 2013; van der Pol et al, 2017; van der Stouwe et al, 2014; Wilson et al, 2017; Wilson & Lipsey, 2000). In some cases, however, the evidence regarding intervention effectiveness is unclear or contradictory (e.g., Hartnett et al, 2017; Littell, 2005; Markham, 2018; van der Stouwe et al, 2014; Weisman & Montgomery, 2019; Wilson et al, 2017).…”

“…These reviews suggest that noninstitutional interventions for juvenile criminality can have negative effects (Petrosino et al, 2013), no clear effects (Littell, 2005; Markham, 2018; Weisman & Montgomery, 2019; Wilson et al, 2005), or modest positive effects (Hartnett et al, 2017; Tolan et al, 2013; van der Pol et al, 2017; van der Stouwe et al, 2014; Wilson et al, 2017; Wilson & Lipsey, 2000). In some cases, however, the evidence regarding intervention effectiveness is unclear or contradictory (e.g., Hartnett et al, 2017; Littell, 2005; Markham, 2018; van der Stouwe et al, 2014; Weisman & Montgomery, 2019; Wilson et al, 2017). General to this line of research is that few studies or reviews investigated intervention effects on recidivism among youth with one or more prior criminal offense as most reviews included wider at-risk populations (e.g., youth with school problems, behavior problems, or substance abuse).…”