NCJ Number
28465
Editor(s)
S B SELLS
Date Published
1974
Length
570 pages
Annotation
IN 1969 THE INSTITUTE OF BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH ESTABLISHED A PATIENT REPORTING SYSTEM FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH-SUPPORTED DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS AS A DATA BASE FOR TREATMENT OUTCOME EVALUATION RESEARCH.
Abstract
THIS CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT WITH TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY CREATED THE DRUG ABUSE REPORTING PROGRAM (DARP). THIS TWO-VOLUME REPORT BRINGS TOGETHER TWELVE MAJOR INSTITUTE OF BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH STUDIES AND PROVIDES A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF DATA CONCERNING THE OUTCOME OF TREATMENT FOR MORE THAN 11,000 PATIENTS IN 23 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH-SUPPORTED FACILITIES. ALL OF THE STUDIES ARE RESTRICTED TO PATIENTS ADMITTED TO TREATMENT BETWEEN JUNE 1969 AND JUNE 1971, AND TO OUTCOMES DURING THE FIRST FULL YEAR FOLLOWING ADMISSION. THIS VOLUME, VOLUME ONE, ADDRESSES THE PROBLEM OF EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF TREATMENT. FIRST ESTABLISHING A RIGOROUS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF BOTH 12 TREATMENT TYPES AND 12 PATIENT TYPES, THE TEXT ELABORATES UPON THE DEVELOPMENT OF BEHAVIORAL MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS, EXAMINES THE RESULTS OF METHADONE AND DRUG-FREE THERAPIES, AND CORRRELATES PATIENT AND TREATMENT TYPE WITH LENGTH OF TENURE AND READMISSION TO TREATMENT. REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED. FOR VOLUME TWO, 'PATIENT PROFILES, TREATMENTS, AND OUTCOMES,' SEE NCJ-28466 (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)