TABLE 4.

Level of Support Designations for Adolescent Substance Use Treatment Approaches, with Supporting Citations

Weil-Established Stand-Alone Treatments
CBT-G	2014 EBU
	Burrow-Sánchez et al. (2015): culturally tailored CBT-G equivalent to standard CBT-G
CBT-I	2014 EBU A-CRA: Well-Established Henderson et al. (2016): Superior to UC
FBT-E	2014 EBU MDFT: Weil-Established Dakof et al. (2015): Equivalent to CBT-G FFT: Weil-Established Rohde et al. (2014): Delivering FFT and a depression protocol sequentially is superior to delivering them simultaneously BSFT: Probably Efficacious Horigian et al. (2015): Equivalent to UC
Well-Established Multicomponent Treatments
MET/CBT	2014 EBU
	Kelly et al. (2017): Equivalent to DC/12 but no SU effects
MET/CBT + FBT-B	2014 EBU
Probably Efficacious Stand-Alone Treatments
FBT-B	2014 EBU
MI/MET	2014 EBU
	de Gee et al. (2014): Equivalent to information only Walker et al. (2016) (MET): MET boosters superior to MET only
	Winters et al. (2014) (MI + Parent session): Superior to assessment only; Equivalent to MI only
Probably Efficacious Multicomponent Treatments
FBT-E + CM	2014 EBU
	Letourneau et al. (2017): Equivalent to UC
MET/CBT + FBT-B + CM	2014 EBU
MET/CBT + CM	Stanger et al. (2015): Superior to MET/CBT
Possibly Efficacious Stand-Alone Treatments
DC/12	2014 EBU
	Kelly et al. (2017): Equivalent to MET/CBT but no
	SU effects

Note: A-CRA = adolescent community reinforcement approach; BSFT = brief strategic family therapy; CBT = cognitive-behavioral therapy; CBT-G = group cognitive-behavioral therapy; CBT-I = individual cognitive-behavioral therapy; CM = contingency management; DC/12 = drug counseling/12-step approach; EBU = evidence base update; FBT-B = behavioral family-based treatment; FBT-E = ecological family-based treatment; MDFT = multidimensional family therapy; MET = motivational enhancement therapy; MI = motivational interviewing; SU = substance use; UC = usual care.

A 2014 EBU reference maintains designations from previous review (Hogue et al., 2014). Please consult that review for references supporting specific designations.