An outcome evaluation of the psychotherapeutic milieu therapy programme of the William Slater Centre for adolescents and young adults.
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description: Adolescence is a significant developmental period during which individuals experience serious mental health problems. Research over the past two decades has demonstrated high morbidity, and at times, mortality for this age group. Adolescent depression has received much attention, since a significant proportion of adolescents have been found to suffer from depressive disorders or clinical levels of depressive symptomatology. This has led mental health professionals to develop effective intervention programmes for the youth. At present, numerous forms of therapeutic interventions exist for adolescents and young adults. A result of the increasing numbers of psychotherapeutic programmes for adolescents was a need to determine its efficacy. Programme evaluation methods have been increasingly utilised to evaluate the functioning and outcome of treatment programmes. It was this approach which informed the present study. The aim of this thesis was to conduct an outcome evaluation of the William Slater Centre for Adolescents and Young Adults' psychotherapeutic milieu treatment programme. This thesis arises from the drawbacks of a previous thesis which examined the structure, process and shortterm outcome of the William Slater Centre's programme. The present thesis aims to obtain a profile and an indication of the functioning of a group of adolescents who were discharged from the William Slater Centre's 12-week therapeutic programme. A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods were used. The study is a limited, retrospective analysis of the existing records of the William Slater Centre. Post-discharge questionnaires were distributed to adolescent patients who had completed the 12-week therapeutic programme at intervals of 6 month, 18 month and 36 month post-discharge. The questionnaire was designed to determine the long-term efficacy of the Centre's psychotherapeutic programme. It includes a Beck Depression Inventory, a Youth SelfReport Scale and a General Health Qu…
abstract: Adolescence is a significant developmental period during which individuals experience serious mental health problems. Research over the past two decades has demonstrated high morbidity, and at times, mortality for this age group. Adolescent depression has received much attention, since a significant proportion of adolescents have been found to suffer from depressive disorders or clinical levels of depressive symptomatology. This has led mental health professionals to develop effective intervention programmes for the youth. At present, numerous forms of therapeutic interventions exist for adolescents and young adults. A result of the increasing numbers of psychotherapeutic programmes for adolescents was a need to determine its efficacy. Programme evaluation methods have been increasingly utilised to evaluate the functioning and outcome of treatment programmes. It was this approach which informed the present study. The aim of this thesis was to conduct an outcome evaluation of the William Slater Centre for Adolescents and Young Adults' psychotherapeutic milieu treatment programme. This thesis arises from the drawbacks of a previous thesis which examined the structure, process and shortterm outcome of the William Slater Centre's programme. The present thesis aims to obtain a profile and an indication of the functioning of a group of adolescents who were discharged from the William Slater Centre's 12-week therapeutic programme. A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods were used. The study is a limited, retrospective analysis of the existing records of the William Slater Centre. Post-discharge questionnaires were distributed to adolescent patients who had completed the 12-week therapeutic programme at intervals of 6 month, 18 month and 36 month post-discharge. The questionnaire was designed to determine the long-term efficacy of the Centre's psychotherapeutic programme. It includes a Beck Depression Inventory, a Youth SelfReport Scale and a General Health Qu…
author: Ahmed, Nazeema
keywords: Phycotherapy
date published: 1999
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:22:55Z
provider: University of Cape Town
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Department of Psychology

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