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Organizational Predictors and Use of Evidence-Based Practices in Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment
Maria Paino , Lydia Aletraris , Paul M. Roman
Substance Abuse
Vol. 36, Iss. 4, 2015
The findings from this paper address treatment quality in settings where adolescents receive SUD treatment. When treatment centers serve adolescents, the adolescent clients are likely to receive care in adolescent-only tracks, thus meeting a minimum threshold of quality for adolescent SUD treatment. Despite evidence that medications for SUD can be used for adolescent clients, they are less likely to receive treatment in centers that offer a variety of Medication-Assisted Treatments, but they are more likely to receive treatment in centers with more extensive psychosocial evidenced based practices. These data were drawn from a nationally representative sample which enhances confidence in generalizability.