Women Veterans' Substance Abuse Treatment

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Substance Use Disorders

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of a gender-focused addiction treatment model (A Woman's Path to Recovery) versus a non-gender focused addiction treatment model (12-Step Facilitation) in a sample of women Veterans with substance use disorder.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00734903

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

66

Starts

2010-10-01

Expected to finish

2015-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-11-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Female Veteran
• 18-65 years of age
• Meet DSM-IV criteria for current SUD with "current" defined as meeting SUD criteria per the DSM-IV and having used a substance within the 90 days prior to intake (to be able to accurately evaluate changes in their substance use from baseline)
• Plan to stay in the Boston area for the next 6 months
• Have a mailing address and live close enough to come to the hospital once weekly for treatment and/or assessment
• Able to complete the Statement of Informed Consent
• Willing to participate in all assessments and breathalyzer/urine testing
• Willing to provide a release of information such that study staff can contact her other providers as needed regarding any concerns during her participation
• Able to obtain medical clearance
• Willing to allow us to contact family and/or friends if participant loses contact with us
• Literate
• Not pregnant or planning to become pregnant

You may not qualify if…

• Any acute medical condition that would interfere with the participant's ability to participate in treatment, or would be of such severity as to affect the individual's psychological functioning (e.g., cancer)
• Current bipolar I disorder, schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders or mental retardation or organic mental disorder (determined by screening interview)
• Any clinical sign that the client is not sufficiently stable to participate in the treatment, such as client's treatment provider indicating that participation in the treatment would be contraindicated
• Dangerousness that would present a threat to other staff or other clients (e.g., history of recent assault)
• Client is mandated to treatment
• Psychopharmacologic treatment that is planned to change or likely to change substantively over the 3-month active treatment phase (with "substantive" defined as any addition of a new medication or major shift in dosage)

Where it is running

• Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA — Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
• VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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