Natasha Slesnick

..Maternal depressive symptoms were unrelated to monitoring. These findings suggest the utility of considering monitoring as an interpersonal phenomenon rather than primarily a parent- or child-driven phenomenon...

..Measures of family and adolescent functioning improved over time in all groups. However, significant differences among the home- and office-based interventions were found for treatment engagement and moderators of outcome...

..Consideration of the family environment and parent problems when addressing motivation for changing substance use among these adolescents might be important foci for motivational interventions and future research...

..Identifying predictors of treatment attendance among this subgroup of adolescents is vital given that much research suggests that treatment attendance alone is associated with better short and long term outcomes...

..Given the high lifetime occurrence of IPV among homeless youth, intervention efforts should target IPV to prevent future occurrence. Findings also suggest that intervention efforts should consider gender and history of childhood abuse...

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..Findings highlight the need for targeted prevention and intervention efforts for this subgroup of homeless youth...

..This study indicates that homeless youth can be engaged into treatment and respond favorably to intervention efforts. However, more treatment development research is needed to address the barriers associated with serving these youth...

..Findings suggest that a potent target of intervention involves focus on increasing positive communication interactions...

..Findings suggest that alcohol and drug use outcomes might be improved at treatment planning through consideration of client's gender and primary alcohol versus drug use...

..Findings suggest that EBFT is an efficacious intervention for this relatively severe population of youth...

..The range and intensity of diagnoses seen indicates a need for greater focus on treatment development and strategies to address their multiple areas of risk...

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..The purpose of this article is to document these therapy experiences to facilitate the work of future teams seeking to intervene in the lives of homeless families through homeless shelters or other settings...

..Furthermore, we were not able to identify a study that examined the potential utility of mentoring for homeless adolescents...

..The objective of this study was to describe the prevalence of IPV over multiple time periods and the association between lifetime IPV exposure and current health in Latina and non-Latina women...

..Findings emphasize the need to examine coping strategies in the context that individuals are situated...

..To evaluate the impact of case management and individual therapy offered through a drop-in center for homeless youth on substance use, mental health, housing, education, employment, and medical care utilization...

..These positive outcomes support the need for future research to replicate the findings with a larger sample using a randomized design...

..In addition, risk and protective factors differed by adolescent gender. Implications for preventive interventions and future research are discussed...

..However, brief depression assessment tools--necessary for busy clinical settings--have not been evaluated to identify depression in women with histories of intimate partner violence...

..College-based preventive interventions should target students likely to host off-campus parties due to their high risk for involvement in heavy drinking...

..They argue that in many circumstances, requiring parental consent may not be in the youth's best interest and may preclude his or her participation in treatment and research programs...

..Information gained through this project may help address the gap in our understanding of how best to effectively intervene with a group at high risk for continuing health and psychological problems. ..

..These findings would support the assertion that focus on family dynamics in substance abuse treatment programs is an effective use of resources and an important target of intervention efforts. ..

..Information gained through this project may help address the gap in our understanding of how best to effectively intervene with a group at high risk for continuing health and psychological problems. ..

..Information gained through this project may help address the gap in our understanding of how best to effectively intervene with a group at high risk for continuing health and psychological problems. ..

..Information gained through this project may help address the gap in our understanding of how best to effectively intervene with a group at high risk for continuing health and psychological problems. ..

..Such research attention is needed in order to reduce the significant individual and social costs of continued substance use, mental health and homelessness among these vulnerable women and children. ..

..This project will also evaluate the cost-savings potential associated with each treatment intervention. ..

..The effectiveness of booster sessions in maintaining treatment gains will be examined, and an intensive engagement strategy will be employed. ..

..Maintenance of treatment effects over time, as well as factors associated with treatment engagement and continuation, will be examined. ..

..Differential treatment response as a function of ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender will be investigated to better understand the intervention. ..

..These findings would support the assertion that focus on family dynamics in substance abuse treatment programs is an effective use of resources and an important target of intervention efforts. ..