TY - GEN
T1 - When Neighborhoods Undergo TherapyWhen Neighborhoods Undergo Therapy
AU - Johnston, Sharon D.
AU - Cupit Swenson, Cynthia
AU - Henggeler, Scott W.
AU - Taylor, Ida
AU - Addison, Oliver
AU - Johnson, Sharon D.
N1 - Reviews the book, Multisystemic Therapy and Neighborhood Partnerships: Reducing Adolescent Violence and Substance Abuse by Cynthia Cupit Swenson, Scott W. Henggeler, Ida S. Taylor, and Oliver Addison (see record 2005-03460-000). In this book, the authors provide a blueprint for how one neighborhood
PY - 2006/2/1
Y1 - 2006/2/1
N2 - Reviews the book, Multisystemic Therapy and Neighborhood Partnerships: Reducing Adolescent Violence and Substance Abuse by Cynthia Cupit Swenson, Scott W. Henggeler, Ida S. Taylor, and Oliver Addison (see record 2005-03460-000). In this book, the authors provide a blueprint for how one neighborhood was sent on a therapeutic journey of discovery and rebuilding. The targeted neighborhood, Union Heights, was overrun with criminal activity, which some could argue led many of its youths to detrimental outcomes, such as substance use and violence. The authors provide a textual map to show that positive results are achievable with the collaboration of key entities, such as neighborhood leaders and residents, police, and health workers, and an effective treatment modality. The authors discuss various evidence-based treatments that have shown some successes in addressing the targeted behaviors and activity, but they note that most of the available services are missing critical components. Multisystemic therapy (MST), however, has proven its effectiveness in addressing some of the primary issues of adolescents, in particular violence and substance use, within the targeted community. The authors provide a timeline of involvement of key stakeholders and the MST approach that coincides with the positive changes and progress made by the Union Heights community. The project is commendable for the collaboration among key entities and for the way it interwove MST to address targeted behaviors at the neighborhood level. This text successfully provides an outline for implementing MST and building collaboration within neighborhoods that face problems similar to those of Union Heights. The authors have presented a complex body of work in an easy-to-read text that can be used by both researchers and practitioners who want to address problems such as substance use and community violence among adolescents within neighborhoods. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
AB - Reviews the book, Multisystemic Therapy and Neighborhood Partnerships: Reducing Adolescent Violence and Substance Abuse by Cynthia Cupit Swenson, Scott W. Henggeler, Ida S. Taylor, and Oliver Addison (see record 2005-03460-000). In this book, the authors provide a blueprint for how one neighborhood was sent on a therapeutic journey of discovery and rebuilding. The targeted neighborhood, Union Heights, was overrun with criminal activity, which some could argue led many of its youths to detrimental outcomes, such as substance use and violence. The authors provide a textual map to show that positive results are achievable with the collaboration of key entities, such as neighborhood leaders and residents, police, and health workers, and an effective treatment modality. The authors discuss various evidence-based treatments that have shown some successes in addressing the targeted behaviors and activity, but they note that most of the available services are missing critical components. Multisystemic therapy (MST), however, has proven its effectiveness in addressing some of the primary issues of adolescents, in particular violence and substance use, within the targeted community. The authors provide a timeline of involvement of key stakeholders and the MST approach that coincides with the positive changes and progress made by the Union Heights community. The project is commendable for the collaboration among key entities and for the way it interwove MST to address targeted behaviors at the neighborhood level. This text successfully provides an outline for implementing MST and building collaboration within neighborhoods that face problems similar to those of Union Heights. The authors have presented a complex body of work in an easy-to-read text that can be used by both researchers and practitioners who want to address problems such as substance use and community violence among adolescents within neighborhoods. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
UR - https://insights.ovid.com/psycc/200602010/01258377-200602010-00002
U2 - 10.1037/05170521
DO - 10.1037/05170521
M3 - Other contribution
ER -