Changes in locus-of-control attitudes about drug misuse in a self-help group in a methadone maintenance clinic.
Clients of a methadone-maintenance clinic in Brooklyn, New York participating in a clinically-guided self-help (CGSH) program plus standard treatment (methadone maintenance plus individual counseling) demonstrated statistically significant changes in locus-of-control beliefs, from external to internal causation, about personal responsibility for drug misuse. Members of two control groups--one participating in a didactic lecture program plus standard treatment and the other receiving only standard treatment--failed to demonstrate similar changes. This increase in internal locus of control in the CGSH group suggests the potential efficacy of CGSH as a relapse-prevention therapeutic technique.
Nurco
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University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Baltimore, MD 21217, USA.
Primm
B J
BJ
Lerner
M
M
Stephenson
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P
Brown
L S
LS
Ajuluchukwu
D C
DC
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009519:New York City; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; D014505:Urban Population
D008691:Methadone