Discharge Status as a Performance Indicator: Can It Predict Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Outcome?.

Godley, Mark D.; Godley, Susan H.; Funk, Rodney R.; Dennis, Michael L.; Loveland, David

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ERIC Number: EJ674252

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2001

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Discharge Status as a Performance Indicator: Can It Predict Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Outcome?

Godley, Mark D.; Godley, Susan H.; Funk, Rodney R.; Dennis, Michael L.; Loveland, David

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, v11 n1 p91-109 2001

Assesses the relationship between discharge status and therapeutic outcomes after discharge from a residential treatment program for adolescents. Results of this study did not indicate superior outcomes for the planned discharge group. Several issues are raised regarding the use of discharge status as a performance indicator and recommendations are made for further research in this area. (Contains 44 references and 2 tables.) (GCP)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Rehabilitation, Outcomes of Treatment, Predictor Variables, Substance Abuse

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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