Multidimensional Family Therapy for Adolescent Cannabis Users - Cannabis Youth Treatment Series (Volume 5)

The purpose of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment’s (CSAT’s) Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) Project Cooperative Agreement was to test the relative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a variety of interventions designed to eliminate marijuana use and associated problems in adolescents and to provide validated models of these interventions to the treatment field. The target population was adolescents with cannabis use disorders of abuse or dependence, as defined by the American Psychiatric Association (1994), who were assessed as appropriate for treatment in outpatient settings. Overview of the Study The study was conducted in collaboration with staff from Chestnut Health Systems (CHS–MC) in Bloomington and Madison County, Illinois; University of Connecticut Health Center (UCHC) in Farmington, Connecticut; Operation Parental Awareness and Responsibility (PAR) in St. Petersburg...