Multisystemic Therapy-Problem Sexual Behavior (MST-PSB)

An intensive family- and community-based treatment that addresses the multiple causes of serious antisocial behavior across key systems within which youth are embedded (family, peers, school, and neighborhood) for adolescent sexual offenders, ages 12-18. The program for sexual offenders (MST-PSB) focuses on aspects of a youth’s ecology that are functionally related to the problem sexual behavior and includes reduction of parent and youth denial about the sexual offenses and their consequences; promotion of the development of friendships and age-appropriate sexual experiences; and modification of the individual’s social perspective-taking skills, belief system, or attitudes that contributed to sexual offending. The intervention is individualized for each family; families are provided family therapy, youth are provided individual therapy and services are delivered over a period of 5-7 months. Therapists have 3-5 families on their caseloads, and rotating members of the team are available to respond to crises 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

Focus Population
Families, Parents, Adolescents
Target Problems or Risk Factors
Conduct/Behavior, Delinquency/Criminal Behavior, Sexual (Abuse, Assault, Risk, STIs, etc)
Level of Intervention
Indicated
Settings in Which Program Can Be Delivered
Court/Correctional Facility, Home, Medical or Health Setting, including residential treatment centers
Latinos in Participant Samples
Yes - Minimal (≤15%)
Type of Program
Generic
Registry
Blueprints
Strength of Evidentiary Support
1-Star (⭐) Blueprints
Cost of the Program
Yes
Availability of the program in Spanish and/or Portuguese
No Information
Contact Information
Dr. Russell Borduin
E-mail: rborduin@mstpsb.com

Program Developer/Owner:
Charles M. Borduin
University of Missouri