Family-Based Juvenile Drug Court Services
JDC
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
The objective of the proposed study is to adapt and implement an efficacious adolescent substance abuse treatment, Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT), within the juvenile drug court service system. Additionally, the investigators will also examine the extent to which MDFT can enhance the effectiveness of existing juvenile drug court services in terms of decreasing drug use, delinquent behavior and arrests and improving school and vocational outcomes. The study design is a fully randomized controlled trial.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Jun 2004
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
4 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
June 1, 2004
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
November 1, 2009
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
November 1, 2009
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 6, 2012
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 20, 2012
CompletedAugust 20, 2012
August 1, 2012
5.4 years
August 6, 2012
August 14, 2012
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (9)
Graduation from juvenile drug court
Status of drug court graduation (graduated from drug court or did not graduate from drug court)
Collected once at 12 months from intake/baseline.
Change in substance use
Personal Experiences with Chemicals Inventory
Baseline at the begining of the study, and then at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months after baseline
Change in delinquency
Self-report, parent report, and juvenile justice records: Self-report delinquency scale, Youth Self Report, Child Behavior Checklist; arrests and disposition from juvenile justice records.
Baseline, and then at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months after baseline
Change in Mental health symptoms
Youth and parent report: Child Behavior Checklist, Youth Self Report
Baseline, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after baseline
Change in Family functioning
Youth and Parent Report: Family Environment Scales, Parental Stress Index, Behavior Affect Relationship Scales
Baseline, 6, 14, 18, and 24 months after baseline
Length of treatment
How many weeks of treatment received
Collected once, at 12 months after baseline
Change in arrests
Arrests will be extracted from juvenile justice records.
12 months before intake through 24 months after intake
Change in substance use
Measured by the Timeline Follow Back Method
Intake, 6, 12, 18, 24 months after intake
Change in substance use
Urinanalysis to detect drugs
Intake, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after intake
Study Arms (2)
Miami Juvenile Drug Court-MDFT
EXPERIMENTALMultidimensional family therapy (MDFT) is primarily a family-based approach (Liddle, 2002)which conducts individual sessions with the teen and parent\[s\] but not peer-group sessions.
Miami Juvenile Drug Court -TAU
OTHERThe Treatment as Usual (TAU) condition is primarily a peer group-based and individual approach that uses cognitive-behavioral principles and interventions.
Interventions
MDFT assesses and intervenes in five domains: 1) Interventions with the adolescent, 2) interventions with the parent, 3) interventions to improve the parent-adolescent relationship, 4) interventions with other family members, and 5) interventions with external systems.
Each client is provided with a primary outpatient counselor who develops a treatment plan to address long-range goals. Family members are included in an assessment and treatment planning session at the beginning of treatment, but no formal family therapy is provided. Group therapy topics include self-esteem enhancement, decision-making skills, stress/anger management, communication skills, health education, teen pregnancy prevention, and occupational/career planning.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- (a) Substance abuse or dependence disorder requiring outpatient treatment, and (b)after consulting with his or her attorney, the youth and family voluntarily agrees to enter juvenile drug court.
You may not qualify if:
- (a) Their current offense is the sale of drugs, a gun offense, a violent offense, or sexual battery,(b) their current offense is likely to merit commitment to a secure or locked juvenile justice facility or (c) they have severe mental illness or retardation according to their intake MJDC evaluation.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (4)
Here's Help Inc.
Miami, Florida, 33054, United States
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Miami, Florida, 33136, United States
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida, 33136, United States
Juvenile Drug Court
Miami, Florida, 33142, United States
Related Publications (1)
Dakof GA, Henderson CE, Rowe CL, Boustani M, Greenbaum PE, Wang W, Hawes S, Linares C, Liddle HA. A randomized clinical trial of family therapy in juvenile drug court. J Fam Psychol. 2015 Apr;29(2):232-41. doi: 10.1037/fam0000053. Epub 2015 Jan 26.
PMID: 25621927DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Gayle A. Dakof, Ph.D.
University of Miami
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- FACTORIAL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Associate Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 6, 2012
First Posted
August 20, 2012
Study Start
June 1, 2004
Primary Completion
November 1, 2009
Study Completion
November 1, 2009
Last Updated
August 20, 2012
Record last verified: 2012-08