Securing the Downside Up: Client and Care Factors Associated with Outcomes of Secure Residential Youth Care

摘要

BackgroundAlthough secure residential care has the potential of reducing young people’s behavioral problems, it is often difficult to achieve positive outcomes. Research suggests that there are several common success factors of treatment, of which the client’s motivation for treatment and the quality of the therapeutic relationship between clients and therapists might be especially relevant and important in the context of secure residential care.