Table 3.

Percentage of agencies with more than 25% no show or discontinuation rates at various stages of treatment

Age group	Individual therapy	Group therapy	Family therapy
Children	(N = 122)	(N = 60)	(N = 100)
No show for intake	4.9%	3.3%	2.0%
No show for first session	9.8%	6.7%	6.0%
Discontinue after first session	6.6%	10.0%	12.0%
Discontinue after 2–6 sessions	24.6%	11.7%	21.0%
Adolescents	(N = 240)	(N = 141)	(N = 168)
No show for intake	23.8%	16.3%	7.7%
No show for first session	25.8%	19.9%	8.3%
Discontinue after first session	22.5%	18.4%	14.9%
Discontinue after 2–6 sessions	37.9%	24.1%	23.8%
TAY	(N = 238)	(N = 138)	(N = 130)
No show for intake	32.8%	26.8%	10.8%
No show for first session	29.4%	20.3%	10.0%
Discontinue after first session	26.9%	18.8%	19.2%
Discontinue after 2–6 sessions	37.0%	23.9%	22.3%

TAY Transition aged youth