title: Treatment effectiveness in an adolescent chemical dependency treatment program: a quasi-experimental design.
abstract: This study utilizes a waiting-list control group experimental design to empirically assess the effectiveness of a residential adolescent chemical dependency treatment program. Mailed questionnaires and telephone follow-up procedures were used to collect outcome data. Treatment can be classified as an "AA-Family" model, combining behavior modification and psychoanalytic techniques. Complete abstinence from alcohol and/or drugs was used as a criterion for success. The abstinence rate for the treatment group sample (65.5%) was significantly higher than the abstinence rate for the waiting-list control group (14.3%) at the .001 level of probability.
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authors.lastname: Grenier
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000359:Aftercare; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012114:Residential Treatment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires