Short-term alcohol and drug treatment outcomes predict long-term outcome

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• 作者：Weisner ; Constance ; Thomas Ray ; G. ; Mertens ; Jennifer R. ; Satre ; Derek D. ; Moore ; Charles
• 关键词：Long-term outcomes ; Continuing care ; Managed care ; Alcohol and drug treatment
• 刊名：Drug and Alcohol Dependence
• 出版年：2003
• 出版时间：September 10, 2003
• 年：2003
• 卷：71
• 期：3
• 页码：281-294
• 全文大小：248 K

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Introduction: Although addiction is recognized as a chronic, relapsing condition, few treatment studies, and none in a commercially insured managed care population, have measured long-term outcomes. We examined the relationship of 6-month treatment outcomes to abstinence 5 years post-treatment, and whether the predictors of abstinence at 5 years were different for those who were, and were not, abstinent at 6 months. Methods: The sample (N