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Behavioural therapies to reduce use in adolescents

Summary of the evidence

Rating
  • Likely to be beneficial

Behavioural therapies targeting specifically adolescents were analysed in a systematic review without meta-analysis (Hogue et al., 2014, 8 RCTs) and found that:

  • cognitive behavioural therapies (CBT) are well established but were outperformed  by family-based treatments in several trials
  • cognitive behavioural therapies (CBT)  at group level or at individual level are equally effective
  • integrated models uniformly performed well

Details

Note: this evidence summary is only valid for the outcomes, target groups, settings and substances/patterns of use described below.

Name of response option
  • Psychosocial interventions
Desired outcome(s)
  • reduce substance use
Area(s)
  • Treatment
Specific substance or pattern of use
  • not-drug specific
Target group(s) or setting(s)
  • young people

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