The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime's (UNODC) Compilation of Evidence-Based Family Skills Training Programmes (2010) is a compiled list of those parenting programs that are the most rigorously scientifically tested and ranks by the number of RCTs which a programs have been found to be effective. MST has been included on this UN recommended list.

• Ending Gang and Youth Violence: A Cross-Government Report including further evidence and good practice studies - detailed report
• Ending Gang and Youth Violence: A Cross-Government Report including further evidence and good practice case studies - summary

The UK Department of Education provides the Commissioning / Parenting Toolkit that is a searchable online database of parenting programs available in England. Program ratings for the following MST treatment have been developed by the National Academy for Parenting Research (MAPR) based at King's College, London.

• MST - Juvenile Justice (MST)
• MST - Child Abuse and Neglect (MST-CAN)
• MST - Problem Sexual Behavior (MST-PSB)

National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has established an interdisciplinary Crime Prevention Research Working Group to discuss and identify research issues, questions and gaps to be addressed in the field of crime prevention research. Working group members represent both researcher and practitioner communities.

• The Future of Crime Prevention: Developmental and Situational Strategies – December, 2010
• Breaking the Cycle of Drug Use Among Juvenile Offenders - November 1999

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Preventing violence and related health-risking social behaviors in adolescents: A National Institutes of Health (NIH) State-of-the- Science Conference.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

• Treating Serious Anti-Social Behavior in Youth: The MST (Multisystemic Therapy) Approach, OJJDP Bulletin, (1997).

Office of the United States Surgeon General

• Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Public Health Service. (2001).
• Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Public Health Service. (1999).

Quick Links:

MST International Recognition

MST Research at a Glance

SAMHSA' s Model program summary for Multisystemic Therapy

MST is a Blueprints for Violence Prevention Model Program

Annie E. Casey Foundation: "No Place for Kids: The Case for Reducing Juvenile Incarceration"  

Facts Sheets:

The following MST fact sheets can be downloaded in PDF version:

Multisystemic Therapy: An Overview

Multisystemic Therapy: Clinical Outcomes and Cost Savings

Multisystemic Therapy: How Is It Done?

Multisystemic Therapy: A Comparison With Other Treatment Approaches

Multisystemic Therapy: Principles and Process

Multisystemic Therapy: Continuous Quality Improvement

The MST Treatment Model

• The National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) is SAMHSA’s searchable online registry of more than 250 interventions supporting mental health promotion, substance abuse prevention, and mental health and substance abuse treatment.

• Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) report "Strategies for Integrating Substance Abuse Treatment and the Juvenile Justice System: A Practice Guide”, Denver Juvenile Justice Integrated Treatment Network. August, 1998

CrimeSolutions.gov is a searchable online registry developed and maintained by the Office of Justice Programs which uses rigorous research to inform practitioners and policy makers about what works in criminal justice, juvenile justice, and crime victim services. This registry includes:

• MST - Juvenile Justice (MST) 
• MST - Child Abuse and Neglect (MST-CAN) 
• MST - Psychiatric 
• MST - Substance Abuse (MST-SA)
• MST - Problem Sexual Behavior (MST-PSB) 

President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health

• President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health: Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America -- Final Report was a comprehensive study of the United States mental health service delivery system, including both the private and public sector providers used to advise the President on methods of improving the system.

Relevant Reports and Publications – Foundations and Private Organizations

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)

• The Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices, NAMI Beginnings (Winter, 2008), page3.
• Medicaid coverage of Multisystemic Therapy, NAMI Beginnings (Winter, 2008) page 5
• An Update on Evidence-based Practices in Children's Mental Health, NAMI Beginnings (Fall, 2003)

Mental Health America, previously known as the National Mental Health Association (NMHA), is dedicated to accelerating the translation of scientific knowledge to practice and policy implementation.

• Mental health treatment for youth with conduct disorder.
• MHA's position statement on evidence-based healthcare.

Maryland Disability Law Center

• Report: Evidence-Based Practices for Delinquent Youth: Medicaid Must Cover These Cost Effective Services.

American Youth Policy Forum

• Less Hype, More Help: Reducing Juvenile Crime, What Works – and What Doesn’t, by Richard A. Mendel. Published in 2000 by the American Youth Policy Forum, Washington, DC.

Annie E. Casey Foundation

• The Annie E. Casey Foundation's report, " No Place for Kids: The Case for Reducing Juvenile Incarceration" , assembles a vast array of evidence to demonstrate that incarcerating kids doesn't work.

Magellan Health Services

• Perspectives on Residential and Community-Based Treatment for Youth and Families- Magellan Health Services White Paper - Children’s Services Task Force

Relevant Reports and Publications – Academic Institutions

FSRC - Family Services Research Center at the Medical University of South Carolina More than 350 journal articles, book chapters, and books available at no charge upon request with the exception of books and special journal issues.

• FSRC Publication Request Form
• Publication Categories
• Publication List References
• Guilford Press MST book: Multisystemic Treatment of Antisocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents   

Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development is a project of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado, that identifies outstanding violence and drug prevention programs that meet a high scientific standard of effectiveness.

• Multisystemic Therapy (MST) is a Blueprints for Violence Prevention Model Program.

The National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) attempts to contribute to the best practices and science of implementation, organization change, and system reinvention to improve outcomes across the spectrum of human services.

The EPIS Center (Resource Center for Evidence-Based Prevention and Intervention Programs and Practices) is a project of the Prevention Research Center, College of Health and Human Development, and Penn State University.

• The Youth Placements & Placement Rates in Pennsylvania Counties: The Impact of Evidence-based Intervention Programs study found that “as a whole, counties implementing EBIs have shown substantial decreases in placement rates while counties without EBIs have shown no change or even increases.

John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York

• The “Pioneers of Youth Justice Reform: Achieving System Change Using Resolution, Reinvestment, and Realignment Strategies ” report calls attention to significant pieces of legislation and catalogues the variety of juvenile justice legislation enacted in states over the past decade.

For more, please visit the MST International Recognition web page.