HOSPITALISATION OUTCOMES FOLLOWING ADMISSION TO A RESIDENTIAL DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROGRAM
March 2023
An internationally peer-reviewed study on Noffs’ adolescent residential treatment’s ability to reduce hospitalisations and drug use
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This study examines the association between treatment in a therapeutic community for adolescents with drug and alcohol problems on hospitalisation outcomes up to 15 years later for all clients, and separately for those with and without a history of criminal conviction.
It concludes that adolescents who engage in a therapeutic community treatment program may have a long-lasting reduction in the risk of subsequent hospitalisation. This also appears to apply to those with a history of criminal conviction.
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