Reducing Problematic Parenting Behaviors, Child Neglect, and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems in Multisystemic Therapy for Child Abuse and Neglect

Tom Kirsch, Simone Munsch, Andrea Meyer, Marc Schmid, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychiatric University Clinics Basel, University of Basel, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Fribourg, Department of Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology, Institute of Psychology, University of Basel

Child Maltreatment

Published online on September 21, 2025

Abstract

Child Maltreatment, Ahead of Print.
Multisystemic Therapy for Child Abuse and Neglect (MST-CAN) has been shown to effectively reduce social worker-assessed child neglect and child problems. However, no research has examined the effects of MST-CAN on parenting behaviors or identified which ...