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August 2010
Juvenile Offender Therapy Praised. One Problem: Program Not Available Locally
An internationally recognized treatment aimed at preventing the most troubled juvenile offenders from spiraling into lives of crime has gained traction throughout the country but remains mostly unavailable in South Carolina, the state where it was developed.

Read the full story reported in the Post Courier on August 22, 2010

For 1 Family, Youth Therapy Program a Success
After completing five months of Multisystemic Therapy, an intensive family therapy program with roots in Charleston, this school year is off to a much different start.

Read the full story reported in the Post Courier on August 22, 2010
 

May 2010
New Report Calls for Better Mental Health Treatment for Juvenile Offenders
Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice reports say that the California justice system fails juvenile with mental illness. The report makes a compelling argument for the expansion of community-based intensive family therapies for troubled youth including Multisystemic Therapy.

Read the report


May 2009
South Carolina Program For At-Risk Youth Exceeds National Averages
The outcomes data for the SC MST teams were derived from 302 cases in Catawba, Richland,
Greenville, Lexington, Orangeburg and Florence counties between March 2005 and March
2007. The performance indicators at discharge that were measured include the percentage of
youth that remain in school and/or working, the number of youth living at home and the
percentage of youth with no new arrests. South Carolina averaged more than 80 percent in all
categories, which is as good as, or better than national averages.

 

May 2009

One Grandmother’s Testimonial about Multisystemic Therapy (MST),
a program for at-risk youth
For one very special grandmother, what she thought would be a time of growth and
maturity quickly became a time of great concern and worry as her granddaughter
began to take an unexpected turn with her actions and attitude. Once a good student
and respectful child, her granddaughter began hanging with the wrong crowd, skipping
school and getting into trouble with the law. After years of heartbreaking behavior,
and just when the family began to give up hope, the Department of Juvenile Justice
introduced the grandmother to MST.

SAMHSA’s First Science and Service Award Winners

SAMHSA’s Science and Service Awards: These awards recognize exemplary implementation of evidence-based interventions to prevent and treat mental illnesses and substance abuse.

2009: ABH has been recognized in the Co-Occurring Disorders category for their implementation of MST in Connecticut.

  • Advanced Behavioral Health (ABH®) received the award for providing all quality assurance, training, and support for MST teams from a local level as well as for bringing together providers and stakeholders to consistently and effectively implement MST across the state of Connecticut.
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2008: MST is a key part of one of the programs receiving an award in the co-occurring disorders category.

2007: MST programs secured 50% (two of four) of the awards in the treatment of mental illness and recovery support services category.


Talk that works Multisystemic Therapy, a family-based intervention, has been shown to be effective with troubled teens

Baltimore Sun
November 19, 2008
By Julie Bykowicz
The Baltimore Sun Article - Talk That Works.doc


UK Government: Troubled children to receive help to avoid going into care

M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX
November 14, 2007
UK Press Release 111407.doc


Trying to save troubled youth: Mental health plays key role in state's effort

Republican-American
October 16, 2007
By Ben Conery
Trying to save troubled youth Mental health plays key role in state's effort


Save kids, communities and money by closing Training School

Providence Journal
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Save kids, communities and money by closing Training School