Citation

Moyes T, Tennent TG, Bedford AP. Br. J. Psychiatry 1985; 147: 300-305.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, Royal College of Psychiatry)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

4063597

Abstract

Although it is widely believed that behaviour modification is successful in an institutional setting, the lasting efficacy of such programmes for adolescents with acting-out and conduct problems has long been questioned. A follow-up enquiry was carried out at one and two years on adolescent patients who had been through an institutional behaviour modification programme. The results were compared with those obtained for a similar group of patients who were accepted for the programme but not admitted; significantly more of the treatment group than the comparison group had improved in terms of behavioural outcome measures, and their level of independent living was greater.

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