An
annotated bibliography on Treatment
Outcomes for Women Drug Abusers, compiled by Mary E. McCaul, Ph.D., Associate
Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, identifies and highlights key
findings on treatment outcomes for women. The bibliography includes articles and
presentations from NIDA research demonstration initiatives and identifies studies that
received NIDA funding.
Kathleen M. Carroll, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of
Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine, reviewed 24 articles for an annotated bibliography on Drug Abusers' Adherence to Medical Treatment Regimens.
Included articles report on treatment compliance of drug users with co-occurring medical
conditions, deal with discharge against medical advice. Some articles are only relevant to
compliance with no mention of drug abuse.
An annotated
bibliography on the Comorbidity of
Mental Disorders with Drug Abuse/Dependence, compiled by Barry S. Brown,
Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, identifies and
highlights factors integral to the comorbidity of drug abuse/dependence and mental
disorders.
An issue paper,
Organizational Structure and the Environmental Context
of Drug Abuse Treatment, written by Mary Ellen Marsden, Ph.D., covers changes
in the drug abuse treatment system and its effects on structure and service delivery in
drug abuse treatment programs.
A literature review
on HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse Treatment Services by Barry
S. Brown, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, explores
the response of drug abuse treatment programs to the AIDS crisis. Several initiatives
including diagnostic procedures, prevention and education counseling efforts, outreach
strategies, needle exchange programs, and linkages to primary care are reviewed in depth. |
On September 28 and 29,
1995, the Resource Center held its first meeting
on Treatment Effectiveness and
Cost-Effectiveness. Participants presented findings that show drug abuse
treatment is both effective and cost-effective. Meeting participants recommended that drug
treatment research emphasize that effective treatment occurs after cumulative treatment
cycles and that rigorous research standards need to be maintained. Presentations were made
on external coercion into treatment through the criminal justice system and the current
status of the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study (DATOS). A speaking points book based on
the meeting has been produced for NIDA's use.
On December 3 and 4, 1996, a
meeting on Treatment Readiness:
Factors Influencing Entry and Engagement chaired by Robert J. Battjes,
D.S.W., Deputy Director of the Division of Clinical and Services Research, and Lisa S.
Onken, Ph.D., Associate Chief of the Treatment Research Branch, was held at the DoubleTree
Hotel in Rockville, Maryland. Meeting participants made presentations on novel,
alternative, and low-threshold treatments. Presentations focused on ways in which their
discipline enhances drug abuse treatment entry and retention, with a unique perspective on
treatment readiness.
An article based on this meeting has been submitted to
the Journal of Consulting Psychology.
All of NIDA and several other Health and Human
Services agencies were invited to attend a presentation
of Findings from the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study (DATOS) on April 7, 1997,
at the DoubleTree Hotel in Rockville, Maryland. Following an introduction by Alan Leshner,
Ph.D., Institute Director, a panel comprising the Principal Investigators from the three DATOS sites and Bennett Fletcher, Ph.D., Chief of the
Services Research Branch, presented findings from DATOS. Topics discussed included an
overview of DATOS outcomes, considering DATOS as a treatment process and outcome model to
examine retention effects, the relationship of outcomes to changes in client populations
and treatment services and patterns of treatment utilization.
An issue of Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
on DATOS is available. |
