Although the primary outcome of interest in clinical evaluations of addiction treatment programs is usually abstinence, participation in these programs can have a wide range of consequences. This study evaluated the effects of treatment initiation on substance use, school attendance, employment, and involvement in criminal activity at 12 months post-admission for 419 adolescents (aged 12 to 18) enrolled in chemical dependency recovery programs in a large managed care health plan. Instrumental variables estimation methods were used to account for unobserved selection into treatment by jointly modeling the likelihood of participation in treatment and the odds of attaining a certain outcome or level of an outcome. Treatment initiation signific...
This study investigated the relationship between several pretreatment variables and two treatment ou...
A significant amount of adolescents are involved in the drug court system. Within a few of the syste...
The term “recovery” has been widely adopted in substance use-related literature. But no operational ...
Background—Few studies have examined the effects of treatment factors, including the types of servic...
Abstract Background Studies indicate that adolescent-onset drug users experience a greater likelihoo...
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (2008), 82 percent of high school seniors have use...
Adolescent substance use can have a wide range of negative effects and consequences that may result ...
This study reports on the effects of having a history of physical and/or sexual abuse on treatment p...
We report the results of the relationship of lifetime and past year drug involvement to psychosocial...
The adolescent drug treatment outcome research literature primarily focuses on short-term follow-up ...
BACKGROUND Adolescents who consult for substance misuse problems are at increased risk for multiple ...
Twenty-six youth received six months of treatment (mean of 15 sessions) after random assignment to e...
Aims: This study extends the limited research on predictors of completion of adolescent residential ...
Understanding which adolescents remain in substance abuse treatment may facilitate the development o...
To assess the effectiveness of the Healthy School and Drugs (HSD) program for secondary schools on t...
This study investigated the relationship between several pretreatment variables and two treatment ou...
A significant amount of adolescents are involved in the drug court system. Within a few of the syste...
The term “recovery” has been widely adopted in substance use-related literature. But no operational ...
Background—Few studies have examined the effects of treatment factors, including the types of servic...
Abstract Background Studies indicate that adolescent-onset drug users experience a greater likelihoo...
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (2008), 82 percent of high school seniors have use...
Adolescent substance use can have a wide range of negative effects and consequences that may result ...
This study reports on the effects of having a history of physical and/or sexual abuse on treatment p...
We report the results of the relationship of lifetime and past year drug involvement to psychosocial...
The adolescent drug treatment outcome research literature primarily focuses on short-term follow-up ...
BACKGROUND Adolescents who consult for substance misuse problems are at increased risk for multiple ...
Twenty-six youth received six months of treatment (mean of 15 sessions) after random assignment to e...
Aims: This study extends the limited research on predictors of completion of adolescent residential ...
Understanding which adolescents remain in substance abuse treatment may facilitate the development o...
To assess the effectiveness of the Healthy School and Drugs (HSD) program for secondary schools on t...
This study investigated the relationship between several pretreatment variables and two treatment ou...
A significant amount of adolescents are involved in the drug court system. Within a few of the syste...
The term “recovery” has been widely adopted in substance use-related literature. But no operational ...