Family-Based Juvenile Drug Court Services

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Substance Use, Delinquency

In brief

The objective of the proposed study is to adapt and implement an efficacious adolescent substance abuse treatment, Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT), within the juvenile drug court service system. Additionally, the investigators will also examine the extent to which MDFT can enhance the effectiveness of existing juvenile drug court services in terms of decreasing drug use, delinquent behavior and arrests and improving school and vocational outcomes. The study design is a fully randomized controlled trial.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01668303

Run by

University of Miami

People needed

112

Starts

2004-06-01

Expected to finish

2009-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-08-20

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• (a) Substance abuse or dependence disorder requiring outpatient treatment, and (b)after consulting with his or her attorney, the youth and family voluntarily agrees to enter juvenile drug court.

You may not qualify if…

• (a) Their current offense is the sale of drugs, a gun offense, a violent offense, or sexual battery,(b) their current offense is likely to merit commitment to a secure or locked juvenile justice facility or (c) they have severe mental illness or retardation according to their intake MJDC evaluation.

Where it is running

• Here's Help Inc. — Miami, Florida, United States
• Jackson Memorial Hospital — Miami, Florida, United States
• University of Miami Miller School of Medicine — Miami, Florida, United States
• Juvenile Drug Court — Miami, Florida, United States

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