
Effectiveness		MDFT is recognized for its consistent effects on substance abuse, delinquency, school, mental health, out-of-home placements, family stability, and treatment retention.

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Treatment Retention

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The Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) program is remarkably effective in engaging and retaining youth and their families in treatment, particularly when one considers that nationally representative treatment programs engage only one out of every three adolescents who are referred for drug abuse treatment.

Liddle, H. A., Dakof, G. A., Rowe, C. L., Henderson, C., Greenbaum, P., Wang, W., Alberga, L. (2018). Multidimensional Family Therapy as a community-based alternative to residential treatment for adolescents with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 90, 47-56. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2018.04.011
Rowe, C. L., Rigter, H., Gantner, A., Mos, K., Nielsen, P., Phan, O., & Henderson, C. (2013). Implementation fidelity of Multidimensional Family Therapy in an international trial. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 44(4), 391-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2012.08.225

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