title: Case management as a therapeutic enhancement: impact on post-treatment criminality.
abstract: Using a sample of 453 veterans who received substance abuse treatment and were randomly assigned to case management and non-case management, this study examined both proximal (aftercare participation) and distal (severity of legal problems) measures of treatment outcomes. Multivariate analyses reveal that case-managed subjects stay longer in aftercare services than non-case managed clients. The longer post-treatment aftercare was related to better outcomes in criminality. The length of aftercare participation was also significantly associated with employment and readiness for treatment.
authors.affiliation: Center for Interventions, Treatment and Addictions Research, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45435, USA. harvey.siegal@wright.edu
authors.forename: Harvey A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Siegal
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Richard C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Rapp
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000359:Aftercare; D019090:Case Management; D003415:Crime; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome