Synthesis of Reviews of the Research on Evidence-Based Practices, with Bibliography

Synthesis

A matrix was created to provide a brief, yet comprehensive, snapshot of each intervention or program's goals and expected outcomes. For each intervention, the matrix includes the following:

• Description
• Evidence of its effectiveness
• Availability of Technical Assistance and training materials
• Population and setting with which the program was tested
• Sources that identified the program or intervention

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Bibliography

A bibliography of the actual research reviews that were consulted follows, with a brief description and links to the abstracts or full reports.

Brestan, E.V. and Eyberg, S.M. (1998) Effective Psychosocial Treatments of Conduct-Disordered Children and Adolescents: 29 Years, 82 Studies, and 5,272 Kids. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 27 (2), 180-189.

Used criteria developed by the APA Division 12 to review 82 studies on treatments for children and adolescents with conduct problems. Found to meet the criteria for well-established and ten for probably efficacious.

Burns, B. J., Hoagwood, K., & Mrazek, P. J. (1999) Effective treatment for mental disorders in children and adolescents. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2(4), 199-253.

Literature review of the evidence for effective interventions for children and adolescents in the areas of prevention, traditional forms of treatment (outpatient, partial hospitalization, inpatient, and psychopharmacology), intensive comprehensive community-based interventions, crisis and support services, and treatment for depressive disorder and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Burns, B.J., & Hoagwood, K. (2002). Community Treatment for Youth. NY: Oxford University Press.

Program must have at least one randomized control trial. The list contains a mix of well-established and emerging community programs that do not focus on one diagnosis, but on programs that encompass more than one and are viewed as an alternative to institutional care. All programs adhere to a system of care.

Burns, B.J., Hoagwood, K.E. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinics of North America October 2004 (Vol. 13, Issue 4) Evidence-Based Practice in Child Mental Health, Part I: Evidence Update

Compton, S.N., Burns, B.J., Egger, H.L. and Robertson, E. (2002) Review of the Evidence Base for Treatment of Childhood Psychopathology: Internalizing Disorders. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70 (6): 1240 - 1266.

A review of the empirical literature on psychosocial, psychopharmacological, and adjunctive treatments for children between ages 6-12 with internalizing disorders. The purpose was to identify interventions that may have potential to prevent substance use disorders by treating the internalizing disorder.

Daniel, S.S. et al. (August 2004) Review of Literature on Aftercare Services Among Children and Adolescents. Psychiatric Services, 55 (8): 901-912.

Twenty-one studies on aftercare services were reviewed for youth aged 18 and younger who were discharged from child and adolescent inpatient facilities.

Farmer, E. M.Z, Compton, S.N., Burns, B.J., and Robertson, E. (2002) Review of the Evidence Base for Treatment of Childhood Psychopathology: Externalizing Disorders. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70 (6): 1267 – 1302.

A review of controlled research on treatments for childhood externalizing behavior disorders (disruptive disorders and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder). The review focused on studies targeting children aged 6-12.

Hahn, R.A., Lowy, J., Bilukha, O., et al. (July, 2004). Therapeutic Foster Care for the Prevention of Violence: A Report on Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services.

An independent task force that conducts systematic reviews on a particular preventive health topic. As part of their Community Guide, the Task Force reviewed Therapeutic Foster Care and recommends it as an intervention for prevention of violence among adolescents with a history of chronic delinquency.

Hawaii Department of Health Evidence Based Services Committee (2002). Summary of Effective Interventions for Youth with Behavioral and Emotional Needs.

EBP references and resources.

Kaslow, N.J. and Thompson, M.P. (1998) Applying the Criteria for Empirically Supported Treatments to Studies of Psychosocial Interventions for Child and Adolescent Depression. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 27 (2): 146-155.

A review of the psychosocial intervention literature on treatment outcomes for depressed children and adolescents.

Kazdin. A. E., & Weisz, J. R. (2003) Evidence-Based Psychotherapies for Children and Adolescents, NY: Guilford Press.

Programs were selected based on the quality of the research methodology including randomized control trials and replication studies. A clear chart of progress, evident through sound research, was also taken into consideration. Some treatments are well established with multiple control and replication studies while some treatments are beginning to establish evidence, but current studies are in progress.

Macgowan, M.J. (May, 2004) Psychosocial Treatment of Youth Suicide: A Systematic Review of the Research. Research on Social Work Practice, 14 (3): 147-162.

Review of treatments for adolescent suicidality. The author reviewed ten empirical studies that focused on reducing either suicidal behaviors or ideations.

Ollendick, T.H. and King, N.J. (1998) Empirically Supported treatments for Children with Phobic and Anxiety Disorders: Current Status. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 27 (2): 156-167.

A review of behavioral and cognitive behavioral therapies for simple/specific phobias, separation anxiety disorder and overanxious/generalized anxiety disorder.

Pelham, W.E., Wheeler, T., Chronis, A. (1998) Empirically Supported Psychosocial Treatments for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 27 (2): 190-205.

A review of psychosocial treatments for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents. They used the APA Task Force Criteria for evaluating the state of the science.

Rones, M., & Hoagwood, K. (2000). School-based mental health services: A research review, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 3(4), pp.223-241.

Review of research on school-based mental health services from 1985 - 1999.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1999). Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health.

For diagnostic specific treatment, the report used the APA criteria of well-established and probably effective treatments. For widely used, non-diagnostic specific treatment programs, the report reviewed current research as to what positive outcomes are known currently.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2001). Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health.

The Surgeon General's report on youth violence.

University of Colorado, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (2002) Blueprints for Violence Prevention.

A website with extensive information on model programs and promising programs related to youth violence prevention.

Webster-Stratton, C., & Taylor, T. (2001). Nipping Early Risk Factors in the Bud: Preventing Substance Abuse, Delinquency, and Violence Targeted at Young Children (0-8 years), Prevention Science, 2(3), pp. 165-192.

Addresses selective prevention programs designed to promote parent and teacher competencies and to prevent conduct problems. In addition, it describes indicated interventions designed for children who already have been diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder and/or conduct disorder.

Weisz, J.R., Hawley, K.M., and Doss, A.J. (2004). Empirically Tested Psychotherapies for Youth Internalizing and Externalizing Problems and Disorders. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 13 (4), 729-815.

A review of the literature for psychotherapies for youth internalizing and externalizing problems and disorders.