基本説明
Explains the principles of MST and provides clear guidelines for clinical assessment and intervention with delinquent youth and their families.
Full Description
Based on the proven technology of Multisystemic Therapy (MST), this unique book provides an exemplary approach to empowering communities to reduce youth violence and substance abuse and promote school success. Effective strategies for working with at-risk youth are embedded in a comprehensive framework that enlists the talents and resources of clinicians, human service professionals, neighborhood residents, community organizations, and outside stakeholders. Using an extended case example to illustrate all aspects of implementing MST on a neighborhood-wide scale, the volume covers empirical and clinical foundations, program planning, and strategies for building collaboration with key community players.
Contents
Neighborhood Solutions for Neighborhood Problems: The Introduction
Neighborhood Solutions Timeline
I. The Empirical and Clinical Background for the Neighborhood Solutions Project
1. The Causes and Consequences of Youth Violence, Substance Abuse, and Community Violence
2. Evidence-Based Treatments: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why
3. Multisystemic Therapy: The Model
II. Implementing Prevention and Intervention Programs in Collaboration with Neighborhood Residents
4. Implementing a Neighborhood-Based Project
5. The MST Approach for Reducing Youth Antisocial Behavior
6. The MST Approach for Treating Adolescent Substance Abuse and Dependence
7. The MST Approach for Reducing School Problems and School Expulsion
8. Neighborhood-Designed Prevention Activities for Promoting Health and Wellness
9. Neighborhood-Based Health Services, with Carolyn Holbrook Jenkins
10. Neighborhood-Based Law Enforcement, with David Laurie, Donald Ward, and Harry M. Roper
III. Attaining and Sustaining Neighborhood-Based Programs
11. Funding Clinical Services and Neighborhood-Based Programs, with Marshall E. Swenson and Toby Smith
12. Summary and Conclusions
