Among our residential clients, those who took part in the Neuro Program reached meaningful improvement at a higher rate than those who didn't — even though they arrived with higher symptom scores.
By meaningful improvement we mean a clinically significant change: at least a 5-point drop on the PHQ-9, or a 4-point drop on the GAD-7, for a young person who arrived in the elevated range.
Families chose the Neuro Program — we didn't assign young people to it — and that group also stayed in care longer. Longer stays track with better improvement on their own, as the section above shows, so some of this gap is likely time in care rather than the program. This is what happened for the young people who took part, not proof that the program alone caused it.
A brain map is a painless recording of brain activity, taken with sensors that rest on the scalp — no needles, no radiation. White and green mark the healthy range; warm colors mark too much activity, cool colors too little.
This is one young person's data. It shows what the measurement looks like — not a typical result, and not the 331 young people in the figures above. All identifying information has been removed.
At the start of the program. Large warm areas across the front and centre mark activity above the healthy range.
The warm areas have shrunk toward green — the measure has moved closer to the healthy range for this young person.
