Call for Revision of Weisman and Montgomery's Review of Functional Family Therapy

Autor/inn/en	Robbins, Michael S.; Turner, Charles W.
Titel	Call for Revision of Weisman and Montgomery's Review of Functional Family Therapy
Quelle	In: Research on Social Work Practice, 29 (2019) 3, S.347-357 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-7315
DOI	10.1177/1049731518814201
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Therapy; Family Counseling; Research; Research Problems; Delinquency; Substance Abuse; Placement; Family Relationship; Outcomes of Treatment; Cost Effectiveness; Bias; Research Methodology; Research Design + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Therapie; Family counselling; Familienberatung; Forschung; Forschungskritik; Kriminalität; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Betriebspraktikum; Praktikum; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Forschungsdesign
Abstract	Weisman and Montgomery completed an overview of reviews to evaluate the status of research concerning functional family therapy (FFT). Despite reporting modest effects on delinquency, substance use, and secondary outcomes, the authors conclude that the research base supporting FFT is tenuous and that it "may not be advisable to continue adopting FFT without reexamining and testing the effects." We present a critique of their flawed analysis and question their inconsistent and potentially harmful recommendations. At present, clinicians provide FFT services in over 340 sites in 12 countries with more than 50,000 youth/families. More than a dozen independent cost analyses suggest that these communities save more than US$1 billion annually in social service costs from avoided incarcerations and more than US$4 billion in avoided victim costs. These youth and families, and their communities could experience serious harm if policy makers adopted Weisman and Montgomery's recommendations. [For "Functional Family Therapy (FFT) for Behavior Disordered Youth Aged 10-18: An Overview of Reviews," see EJ1204963. For "Response To: A Critical Review and Call for Revision of Weisman and Montgomery's Review of Functional Family Therapy by Michael S. Robbins, Charles Turner," see EJ1205029.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01