Take Care to Do No Harm: Harmful Interventions …

Take Care to Do No harm : Harmful Interventions for YouthProblem BehaviorDana M. RhuleUniversity of WashingtonYouth conduct problems, delinquency, and substance abuse pose serious consequences for the youththemselves, their victims and families, and the broader society. The widespread impact of these problembehaviors highlights the importance of preventing and treating them effectively. Despite this need, anemerging literature has demonstrated that certain intervention programs for these problem behaviors,particularly those that have used group -delivery formats, have produced iatrogenic effects. The potentialfor intervention to produce negative outcomes raises several ethical implications and dilemmas.

vided a different picture. Compared with participants in the parent condition or control group, participants in the teen program dem-onstrated greater increases in tobacco use and teacher-reported

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