title: Brief strategic family therapy for adolescent drug abusers: a multi-site effectiveness study.
abstract: Brief strategic family therapy (BSFT) is a manualized treatment designed to address aspects of family functioning associated with adolescent drug use and behavior problems (J. Szapocznik, U. Hervis, S. Schwartz, (2003). Brief strategic family therapy for adolescent drug abuse. (NIH Publication No. 03-4751). Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse). Within the National Institute on Drug Abuse's (NIDA's) Clinical Trials Network, BSFT is being compared to treatment as usual (TAU) in a multisite, prospective randomized clinical trial for drug using adolescents and their families in outpatient settings. The effectiveness of BSFT is being compared to TAU in reducing adolescent drug use, conduct problems, and sexually risky behaviors as well as in improving family functioning and adolescent prosocial behaviors. This paper describes the following aspects of the study: specific aims, research design and study organization, assessment of primary and secondary outcomes, study treatments, data analysis plan, and data monitoring and safety reporting.
authors.affiliation: Center for Family Studies, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA. mrobbins@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Robbins
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szapocznik
authors.forename: Viviana E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Horigian
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Feaster
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Puccinelli
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Burlew
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Werstlein
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bachrach
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brigham
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D054541:Family Conflict / Q000523:psychology; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs