Parental evaluation of treatment in an adolescent service

doi:10.1006/jado.1994.1023

Journal of Adolescence

Volume 17, Issue 3, June 1994, Pages 239-249

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To assess the perceived efficacy of treatment and parental satisfaction with the service provided, parents of a consecutive series of 488 patients treated at an adolescent psychiatric service were asked to evaluate the treatment six months after initial assessment of their child. Of the 407 (83%) respondents, positive changes in their children's behaviour were reported by 58% of inpatients and 53% of outpatients. Similar proportion of parents of inpatients (22%) and outpatients (21%) made critical comment regarding treatment and provided suggestions for service improvements (31% and 26%, respectively). Parental satisfaction was positively associated with improvement in the child's behaviour and with the length of treatment.

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