The purpose of this study is to find out more about how to provide effective further treatment for adolescents who have received six weeks of group therapy for substance-use problems and continue to use drugs. Treatments used in the study include a group therapy (MET/CBT), an individual therapy (CBT), and a family therapy (FFT). The study will look at whether abstinence or a very low level of use is a better guide for deciding whether further treatment is needed, how well different combinations of treatment work to reduce substance use, and whether it is possible to predict in advance which adolescents will respond best to which types of treatment. Study investigators expect that a treatment strategy using what is learned about these issues in the first half of the project to develop an "adaptive" treatment model will work better than a "fixed" treatment to reduce adolescent substance use.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
140
Eight weekly sessions of individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, to develop skills enabling adolescents stop or reduce their drug use.
Eight weekly sessions of Functional Family Therapy designed to strengthen family relationships and build skills to help the adolescent stop or reduce his/her drug use.
Oregon Res. Inst. Center for Family & Adolescent Research (CFAR)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Urine drug screens
Time frame: Pretx, 6, 14 and 22 weeks, 3 and 6 months after initial treatment session
This platform is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional.