Q uarterly - Treating concurrent mental disorders in children

Review 5 About the Quarterly Can one treatment work for two disorders? We summarize the best available research The best way to help children with concurrent evidence on a variety of children’s mental disorders is to provide a single effective treatment health topics, using systematic review and for both conditions. [...] For the first, fourth and final sessions, parents of school-aged children participated in the full appointment, while parents of teens participated in half of these This systematic three appointments.19 Parents randomized to the comparison group received a list of review provides practitioners and programs specializing in childhood depression and anxiety; reportedly, promising evidence 82.2% conne. [...] As a result, 14.3% were referred for substance treatment, 22.2% were referred to other mental health services, and 20.6% were hospitalized.15 Substance use disorders and behaviour problems The first MDFT evaluation included American youth who had been diagnosed with a substance use disorder and concurrent behaviour problems.16 Among the substance use disorders, 91.1% met criteria for cannabis, 21.. [...] Anxiety and depression results Turning to intervention outcomes, Brief Behavioral Therapy showed benefits compared to children whose parents received a list of practitioners and programs specializing in childhood depression and anxiety (i.e., treatment-as-usual).14 (Throughout this systematic review, intervention-comparison differences had to reach statistical significance for an outcome to be dee. [...] However, RRFT had no impact on either the number of days in With more which alcohol was consumed or any alcohol use.15 widespread use of effective prevention Substance use and behaviour results interventions, it may The first MDFT evaluation found similar substance use outcomes relative to the comparison be possible to avert condition, a group substance use treatment program, at 18-month follow-up.