title: Multisystemic Therapy for Externalizing Youth.
abstract: Externalizing problems are multidetermined and related to individual, family, peer, school, and community risk factors. Multisystemic therapy (MST) was originally developed to address these risk factors among youth with serious conduct problems who are at-risk for out-of-home placement. Several decades of research have established MST as an evidence-based intervention for adolescents with serious clinical problems, including serious offending, delinquency, substance abuse, and parental physical abuse and neglect. This article presents an overview of the clinical procedures and evidence base of MST for externalizing problems as well as 2 adaptations: MST for Substance Abuse and MST for Child Abuse and Neglect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Family Services Research Center, Medical University of South Carolina, 176 Croghan Spur Road, Suite 104, Charleston, SC 29407, USA. Electronic address: zajac@musc.edu.
authors.forename: Kristyn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zajac
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Family Services Research Center, Medical University of South Carolina, 176 Croghan Spur Road, Suite 104, Charleston, SC 29407, USA.
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Randall
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Family Services Research Center, Medical University of South Carolina, 176 Croghan Spur Road, Suite 104, Charleston, SC 29407, USA.
authors.forename: Cynthia Cupit
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Swenson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Externalizing problems; Juvenile offenders; Multisystemic therapy; Physical abuse and neglect; Substance abuse