How presenting problems and individual characteristics impact successful treatment outcomes in residential and wilderness treatment programs.

Abstract

Abstract

This research expands the examination of the effects of individual characteristics on client treatment outcomes at private Residential Treatment Centers (RTCs) and Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare (OBH) programs. A sample of 1,058 participants was used from the NATSAP Practice Research Network. Logistic regression analyses found that within OBH programs females were significantly more likely to have clinically significant improvements than males. RTC participants reporting a history of sexual abuse were more likely to achieve clinically significant improvements than those with no history. All other presenting problems within RTCs and OBH programs were nonsignificant, demonstrating equally beneficial treatment effectiveness with all other individual client characteristics.

Department

Kinesiology

Publication Date

4-3-2014

Journal Title

Residential Treatment for Children and Youth

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1080/0886571X.2014.918446

Document Type

Article

Rights

© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC

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