PROFESSIONAL AND PARAPROFESSIONAL DRUG ABUSE COUNSELORS-THE PROGRESS OF CLIENTS IN TREATMENT (FROM PROFESSIONAL AND PARAPROFESSIONAL DRUG ABUSE COUNSELORS-THREE REPORTS, 1979, SEE NCJ-60988)

摘要: THE SAMPLE WAS SELECTED FROM NINE METHADONE MAINTENANCE AND SIX DRUG-FREE PROGRAMS IN NEW YORK CITY, WASHINGTON, DC, CHICAGO, ILL., LOS ANGELES, CALIF., AND SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. ONE ADDITIONAL PROGRAM HAD BOTH A METHADONE AND A DRUG-FREE UNIT. INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH 82 COUNSELORS, 302 OF THEIR CLIENTS, AND WITH 29 PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATORS. CONSIDERATION WAS GIVEN TO THE LENGTH OF TIME CLIENTS SPENT IN TREATMENT, COUNSELING INPUTS, CLIENT STATUS, AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES (IN TERMS OF DRUG USE, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, PRODUCTIVITY, CRIMINALITY, AND QUALITY OF LIFE). FEW DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND IN CLIENT BACKGROUNDS FOR THE THREE COUNSELOR GROUPS (PROFESSIONAL, EXADDICT, AND NONEXADDICT COUNSELORS …