This particular study on Mode Deactivation Therapy (MDT) focused on adolescents in residential treatment centers with conduct and personality disorders. The purpose of the study was to replicate previous studies where MDT was found effective. The dependent variable tested was the behavior and aggressive incidents, which were operationalized through different checklists and documentation of amount of aggressive incidents. Symptoms of depression and suicidal ideation were also dependent variables in this study. This particular study did not do a very thorough literature review and went immediately into discussing the study. There were no theories mentioned. The study focused on twenty male adolescents that were in a residential facility. These participants were randomly assigned to treatment groups based on the ability of the clinicians. The treatment as usual (TAU) group participated in weekly psychodynamic psychotherapy while the treatment group participated in weekly MDT. Aggression was recorded using Behavior Incident Reports and Daily Behavior Reports. They also used the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and the Reynold’s Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (SIQ). …show more content…
Aggression incidents were reduced by 66.8% with MDT compared to 27.9% with TAU. On the CBCL, MDT’s scores were a standard deviation less than the scores of TAU. For the BDI, scores for TAU were reduced about fourteen points and scores for MDT were reduced about 24 points. And for the SIQ, MDT scores dropped 7 points more than TAU scores. MDT’s effects were significant in every aspect that was being tested.. It was effective in reducing aggressive incidents and therapeutic holds due to incidents. It was also shown to be effective with depression and suicidal ideation. TAU was not significant in the reduction of therapeutic