Substance Abuse
Conditions
Keywords
behavior therapy, counseling, drug abuse therapy, outpatient care, therapy compliance, clinical trial phase I, coping, outcomes research, satisfaction, social psychology, patient oriented research
Brief summary
We will evaluate a series of interventions intended to help individuals who drop out of substance abuse treatment re-engage in order to improve treatment outcome.
Detailed description
We propose a 5-year Stage I behavioral therapy development study to: 1) prospectively evaluate risk factors for premature drop-out from outpatient treatment; 2) develop and test a manual of single session phone-and office-based interventions to re-engage these individual in treatment.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALbrief (behavioral therapy)
up t 3 sessions of phone or office based counseling sessions to promote re-engagement in treatment.
BEHAVIORALDrop out re-engagement motivational intervention
Up to 3 phone or office based counseling sessions to promote reengagement in treatment
BEHAVIORALstandard care follow up
routine counselor phone calls and letters
Sponsors
Yale University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* admission to outpatient treatment
Exclusion criteria
* need for hospitalization
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| retention into outpatient treatment | 4, 8, 12, 24 weeks |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| substance abuse | 4, 8,12,and 24 weeks |
| psychiatric symptoms | 4, 8, 12, and 24 weeks |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed