CAST Findings

CAST is designed to help at-risk youth to:

• Increase Mood Management – depression, hopelessness, anxiety, and anger.
• Decrease Drug Involvement – alcohol, marijuana, and hard drug use, drug use control problems and adverse drug use consequences.
• Decrease Suicide Risk Factors – global suicide risk behaviors, ideation, threats, attempts and positive attitudes toward suicide.
• Increase Protective Factors – personal control, problem-solving and coping, family support, and decreases in school problems (dropouts, absenteeism, and dissatisfaction with school).

When compared to a control group who received a brief assessment and intervention, major outcomes of the CAST students showed significant improvements, particularly decreases in 4 risk factors and increases in 3 protective factors.

Please download the CAST Stakeholder Brochure with further details.