Functional Family Therapy

["Aina Winsvold" <Aina.Winsvold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: Functional Family Therapy

Hi

The Campbell Collaboration's Social Welfare Group is currently working on a systematic review to assess the effectiveness of Functional Family Therapy for youth with behavior problems.

In addition to searching for relevant published studies in bibliographic databases, we wish to establish contact with FFT developers, practitioners and independent researchers, in order to identify possible unpublished reports and ongoing studies. This will help us create an unbiased and thorough compilation of all relevant studies pertaining to the review.

We would be very grateful if you would let us know if you know of any such studies. We would appreciate your response by mid-July. Replies may be emailed to aina.winsvold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The details of the inclusion criteria, the protocol and the Campbell Collaboration can be found below.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us!

Kind regards

Aina Winsvold

Read more about the Campbell Collaboration here:
http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/

The complete protocol for the review can be found here:
http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/doc-pdf/FFTAPRIL07.pdf

The inclusion criteria for the review is as follows:

Types of studies
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi-experimental designs (QEDs). QEDs must use parallel cohort (multiple-group) designs with statistical controls for baseline differences between groups.

Types of participants
Families of young people aged 11-18 with one or more of the following behaviour problems: delinquency, violence, anti-social behaviour, substance abuse, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, or disruptive behaviour disorders.

Types of interventions
Certified FFT programs (as described above) compared with usual services (e.g., in the juvenile justice system), alternative services (such as individual, family, or group therapy), or no treatment.

Types of outcome measures
Primary outcomes
Internalising behaviour problems (depression, anxiety). Externalising behaviour problems (antisocial behavior, delinquency, crime).

Placement in a restrictive or secure facility (incarceration, detention, residential treatment, psychiatric hospitalization).

Secondary outcomes.
School attendance. School performance. Pro-social behavior. Peer relations. Self esteem. Parent's psychiatric symptoms. Qualities of family functioning (adaptability, cohesion, communication, supervision).

Acceptable outcome measures are: standardised instruments (such as the Child Behavior Checklist, Achenbach 1991), police and court records (arrest, conviction), parent reports, teacher reports, self-reports (delinquency, drug-use, peer relations), and drug tests.

Outcomes will be assessed at the end of treatment, six month follow-up, one year follow-up, and longer follow-ups (if data are available).

We will also document service costs.

Aina Winsvold   Ph.D / Researcher
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