TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a model for predicting running away from residential treatment among children and adolescents
AU - McIntosh, Anna
AU - Lyons, John S.
AU - Weiner, Dana A.
AU - Jordan, Neil
PY - 2010/10
Y1 - 2010/10
N2 - The effectiveness of mental health care services is severely limited when young people run away from residential treatment. This study describes the development of a decision support model for predicting discharge due to running away on the basis of individual characteristics. Subjects include 667 wards of a large Midwestern state between the ages of 7 and 20 who were placed in residential treatment and discharged during 2007. A model combining eight predictorsnamely School Attendance, History of Running/Runaway Ideation, and linear as well as quadratic terms for Age, Substance Abuse and Delinquencydemonstrated good internal validity and moderate predictive power for discharge due to elopement. Results of this study can support mental health care workers in identifying potential recipients of interventions that reduce the likelihood of premature exits from residential care among young people.
AB - The effectiveness of mental health care services is severely limited when young people run away from residential treatment. This study describes the development of a decision support model for predicting discharge due to running away on the basis of individual characteristics. Subjects include 667 wards of a large Midwestern state between the ages of 7 and 20 who were placed in residential treatment and discharged during 2007. A model combining eight predictorsnamely School Attendance, History of Running/Runaway Ideation, and linear as well as quadratic terms for Age, Substance Abuse and Delinquencydemonstrated good internal validity and moderate predictive power for discharge due to elopement. Results of this study can support mental health care workers in identifying potential recipients of interventions that reduce the likelihood of premature exits from residential care among young people.
KW - CANS
KW - predictive modeling
KW - residential treatment
KW - runaway
KW - substance use
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U2 - 10.1080/0886571X.2010.520634
DO - 10.1080/0886571X.2010.520634
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78649561741
SN - 0886-571X
VL - 27
SP - 264
EP - 276
JO - Residential Treatment for Children and Youth
JF - Residential Treatment for Children and Youth
IS - 4
ER -
