Effectiveness of an Intensive Outpatient Program for Disruptive Children: Initial Findings.

Effectiveness of an Intensive Outpatient Program for Disruptive Children: Initial Findings.
Community Ment Health J. 2013 Jan 9;
Authors: Cook MN, Crisostomo PS, Simpson TS, Williams JD, Wamboldt MZ
Abstract
There are currently no manualized, intensive outpatient programs (IOP), for diagnostically heterogeneous pediatric samples that simultaneously intervene with youth and parents. Such a program was developed and has been operating at Children's Hospital Colorado since January 2006. The current study was conducted to characterize the patient sample and evaluate clinical outcomes for this novel program. The study used a method of retrospective chart review to examine demographic and diagnostic information of youth and their families, who participated in IOP. Clinical outcomes were similarly assessed, using paired-samples t test comparisons of the baseline and endpoint parent-report versions of the Ohio Youth Outcome Scales. Results indicated that there were statistically significant differences in each of the Subscale scores on the Ohio Youth Scales from baseline to endpoint of IOP. Preliminary findings suggest that participation in the IOP program was associated with improved clinical outcomes, at the end of treatment.
PMID: 23299227 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Community Mental Health Journal - January 9, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Cook MN, Crisostomo PS, Simpson TS, Williams JD, Wamboldt MZ Tags: Community Ment Health J Source Type: research