A review of Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous programs for teens

S Sussman - Evaluation & the health professions, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
The investigation of the applicability of Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous
(AA/NA) for teens has only been a subject of empirical research investigation since the early …

Mechanisms of change in adolescent substance use treatment: How does treatment work?

JJ Black, T Chung - Substance abuse, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Adolescent substance use treatment outcome research generally shows small
to moderate effects in reducing substance use, with no specific “brand” of treatment …

A large‐scale dissemination and implementation model for evidence‐based treatment and continuing care.

SH Godley, BR Garner, JE Smith… - … Science and Practice, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org
Multiple evidence-based treatments for adolescents with substance use disorders are
available; however, the diffusion of these treatments in practice remains minimal. A …

Treatment staff turnover in organizations implementing evidence-based practices: Turnover rates and their association with client outcomes

BR Garner, BD Hunter, KC Modisette, PC Ihnes… - Journal of substance …, 2012 - Elsevier
High staff turnover has been described as a problem for the substance use disorder
treatment field. This assertion is based primarily on the assumption that staff turnover …

Adolescent outpatient treatment and continuing care: Main findings from a randomized clinical trial

SH Godley, BR Garner, LL Passetti, RR Funk… - Drug and alcohol …, 2010 - Elsevier
This study evaluated the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of two types of outpatient
treatment with and without Assertive Continuing Care (ACC) for 320 adolescents with …

Exposure to adolescent community reinforcement approach treatment procedures as a mediator of the relationship between adolescent substance abuse treatment …

BR Garner, SH Godley, RR Funk, ML Dennis… - Journal of Substance …, 2009 - Elsevier
Data from 399 adolescents, who participated in one of four randomly controlled trials of the
Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA) intervention, were used to …

Transition secured? A follow-up study of adolescents who have left secure residential care

AT Harder, EJ Knorth, ME Kalverboer - Children and Youth Services …, 2011 - Elsevier
Many adolescents who make the transition to adulthood experience problems after their
departure from secure residential care. Research suggests that these young people are …

Mechanisms of behavior change in adolescent substance use treatment: A systematic review of treatment mediators and recommendations for advancing future …

SN Meisel, M Pielech, M Magill, K Sawyer… - … Science and Practice, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Substance use disorders commonly onset during adolescence, yet the best available
treatments yield only modest and transient effects. Elucidating treatment mediators is …

Training and retaining staff to competently deliver an evidence-based practice: The role of staff attributes and perceptions of organizational functioning

BR Garner, BD Hunter, SH Godley… - Journal of Substance …, 2012 - Elsevier
Within the context of an initiative to implement evidence-based practices (EBPs) for
adolescents with substance use disorders, this study examined the extent to which staff …

Toward evidence-based measures of implementation: examining the relationship between implementation outcomes and client outcomes

BR Garner, SB Hunter, RR Funk, BA Griffin… - Journal of Substance …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Developing consistent, valid, and efficient implementation outcome measures is
necessary to advance implementation science. However, development of such measures …