Reducing Barriers to Drug Abuse Treatment Services

Completed · Phase 2/Phase 3

Conditions studied: Substance Abuse

In brief

The broad goal of this study is to assess the effectiveness of two interventions to facilitate treatment linkage and treatment engagement. "Treatment linkage" is operationally defined as completion of agency intake procedures and attendance at the first clinical or therapy session. "Treatment engagement" represents a more comprehensive conceptualization of "treatment retention" and includes measures of the clinical and ancillary services actually received by the client over time; as such, client engagement focuses on the intensity and duration of treatment participation. This study will enhance the CIU concept by conducting a controlled trial, using a three-armed research design, of interventions designed to enhance treatment linkage and treatment engagement. These interventions - a Motivational Intervention and Strengths-Based Case Management - are science-based and have demonstrated efficacy in moving drug abusers towards treatment and supporting treatment engagement.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00273845

Run by

Wright State University

People needed

678

Starts

2003-05-01

Expected to finish

2008-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-02-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• substance abuse or dependence per DSM-IVR criteria

You may not qualify if…

• active thought disorder

Where it is running

• Samaritan CrisisCare — Dayton, Ohio, United States

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