Discovery Academy
Provo, UT

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New Article Studies Cost
Effectiveness of Family Therapy

Dr. Triston Morgan, Admissions Director at Discovery Academy, has co-authored a new research article studying the effectiveness of various kinds of family therapy.

The article, entitled "Cost Effectiveness of Family-based Substance Abuse Treatment," appeared in the October 2010 issue of The Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.

Dr. Morgan co-authored the article with D. Russell Crane of Brigham Young University. The authors examined eight family-based substance abuse studies and ranked cost effectiveness. They discussed the relationship between program effectiveness and cost effectiveness, as well as the need for expanding research into specific types of family-based therapy, such as in-patient, outpatient, community, etc.

"As clinicians, we work to provide our patients with the best possible therapy," Dr. Morgan notes. "But we also need to be sensitive to the most cost efficient delivery." He adds that as families increasingly rely on insurance providers to help cover treatment costs, stretching therapy dollars serves everyone's best interest.


Discovery Academy is a therapeutic boarding school for troubled teens and a sister program to RedCliff Ascent, Discovery Ranch and Oxbow Academy.