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Children with persistent conduct problems who dropout of treatment . Dropout of treatment is one of the key issues in outcome in a child and adolescent mental health service . We report two studies focusing on the treatment process and the dropout rate of children with persistent conduct problems presenting to a community mental health service , using a prospective design . The first study included 32 children and used a randomised controlled treatment design comparing a CBT approach with conjoint family therapy and an eclectic approach . The overall dropout rate was 36 % . Dropout occurred significantly less frequently in the CBT group . The dropout group was associated with mothers who were younger and less educated , a poorer rating by the clinicians at the last meeting , parental dissatisfaction with the treatment service and perception that the treatment was less organised and having less behavioural tasks . In the second study we used a naturalistic follow-up design . Forty-six children were included . The overall dropout rate was 48 % . Again , the children who defaulted were rated by clinicians as less likely to have improved and dropout was also significantly associated with parental perception of a less organised treatment . In both studies dropout usually occurred after assessment and at the early phase of treatment .
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Intervention_Educational
CBT approach with conjoint family therapy and an eclectic approach .
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Intervention_Educational
CBT
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Intervention_Educational
naturalistic follow-up
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Outcome_Other
Dropout
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Outcome_Other
dropout rate of children
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Outcome_Other
overall dropout rate
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Outcome_Other
Dropout
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Outcome_Other
parental dissatisfaction with the treatment service
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Outcome_Other
overall dropout rate
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Outcome_Other
parental perception of a less organised treatment
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Outcome_Other
dropout
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Participant_Age
Children
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Participant_Condition
with persistent conduct problems who dropout of treatment .
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Participant_Sample-size
32
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Participant_Sample-size
Forty-six