Youth Drug Abuse Treatment: A Controlled Outcome Study

摘要: Twenty-six youth received six months of treatment (mean 15 sessions) after random assignment to either a supportive counseling program or newly designed behavioral treatment. The included several procedures restucture family and peer relations control urges. Drug use was measured by urinalysis, supplemented report self-report. results showed that during the last month, 9% receiving were abstinent vs. 73% new A greater reduction drug also apparent when in terms urinalysis data alone, days per month use, overall number abstinence. Improved functioning youths evidenced significantly school/work attendance, improved youth- partent-relationship satisfaction ratings, conduct decreased depression, frequency alcohol as compared supportiv...