Differences in Characteristics of Adolescent Drug Abuse Clients that Predict to Improvement: For Inpatient Treatment Versus Outpatient Treatment.

Friedman, Alfred S.; Ali, Asad; Terras, Arlene

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Publication Date: 1998

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Differences in Characteristics of Adolescent Drug Abuse Clients that Predict to Improvement: For Inpatient Treatment Versus Outpatient Treatment.

Friedman, Alfred S.; Ali, Asad; Terras, Arlene

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, v7 n3 p97-119 1998

Examines characteristics that predict treatment outcomes for adolescents in inpatient (N=157) versus outpatient (N=296) treatment. Results show that a number of the characteristics found prognostics for adolescents are different from those reported from other studies for adult substance abusers. (MKA)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Drug Abuse, Drug Rehabilitation, Outcomes of Treatment, Predictor Variables, Substance Abuse

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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