title: The Evaluation of Substance User Treatment--A Jubilee Proposal for the 21st Century.
abstract: This article recommends a longitudinal, national study of the outcomes of substance user treatment, plus a cohort of users who do not enter treatment. Viewing addiction primarily as a brain disease has provided interesting descriptive information but dismisses the psychological, social, political, economic, and legal dimensions of substance user dependence. An increased emphasis on behavioral study of treatment outcomes with a decreased emphasis on brain-focused research on substance use is overdue.
authors.affiliation: a Independent Health Care Consultant , Washington , District of Columbia , USA.
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schildhaus
mesh_terms: D000846:Anniversaries and Special Events; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: alcohol treatment outcomes; brain research; drug treatment outcomes; health treatment outcomes; longitudinal outcomes analysis; substance user treatment outcomes