The effectiveness of alternative planned durations of residential drug abuse treatment.

摘要: Randomized controlled trials were conducted at two residential drug abuse treatment facilities to compare programs that differed in planned duration. One trial compared a 6-month and 12-month therapeutic community program (n = 184), the second 3-month relapse prevention 444). Retention rates over comparable time periods minimally by duration, longer had lower completion rates. There was no effect either of duration on changes psychosocial variables between admission exit or patterns use follow-up 2 6 months after exit.