Improving client compliance in outpatient treatment: counselor-targeted interventions.
Earlier research has demonstrated the need for more effective strategies to increase treatment compliance, particularly in drug-free treatment programs. This need is particularly acute given the increased admissions of patients who use multiple drugs. Most efforts in this area have utilized client-targeted interventions to increase participation levels and length of retention. Thus, based on the studies cited in this chapter, counselor-targeted interventions may offer a cost-effective and potent alternative or adjunct to client-targeted interventions that should be the focus of future research.
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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Francis Scott Key Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21224.
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D003376:Counseling; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*