From parenting skills to adolescent treatment needs: Questions elicited by parents of adolescents discharged from residential treatment.
From parenting skills to adolescent treatment needs: Questions elicited by parents of adolescents discharged from residential treatment.
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10.1016/j.dadr.2022.100110
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2022-12
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Becker, Sara J
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Kelly, Lourah M;Correia, Nicholas;Kearns, Mika D H;Lang, Sharon G;Yermash, Julia;Guigayoma, John;Helseth, Sarah A;Becker, Sara J
This qualitative analysis reflects the needs of parents of teens in residential treatment. Parents were not offered a continuing care program, in contrast to prior work. Common themes were parenting skills, parent support, and adolescent substance use. Three new themes included adolescent mental health, treatment needs, and socialization. Parents need specific support after discharge for teens with complex behavioral needs. Despite the utility of parent involvement in continuing care following adolescent residential treatment, parent engagement in traditional office-based treatment is low. In our prior work, we found that parents who had access to a continuing care forum directed questions to a clinical expert and to other parents around five topics: parenting skills; parent support; managing the post-discharge transition; adolescent substance use; family functioning. The current qualitative study elicited questions from parents without access to a continuing care support forum to explore overlapping and new themes This study was embedded within the pilot trial of a technology-assisted intervention for parents of adolescents in residential treatment for substance use. Thirty-one parents randomized to residential treatment as usual were asked two prompts at follow-up assessments: what questions they would like to ask a clinical expert and what questions they would like to ask other parents of adolescents discharged from residential care. Thematic analysis identified major themes and subthemes Twenty-nine parents generated 208 questions. Analyses revealed three themes identified in prior work: parenting skills; parent support; adolescent substance use. Three new themes emerged: adolescent mental health; treatment needs; socialization The current study identified several distinct needs among parents who did not receive access to a continuing care support forum. Needs identified in this study can inform resources to support parents of adolescents during the post-discharge period. Parents may benefit from convenient access to an experienced clinician for advice on skills and adolescent symptoms, paired with access to parental peer support.