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Responding to treatment dropout: A review of controlled trials and suggested future directions
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Pulford, Justin Adams, Peter Sheridan, Janie |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Description | This article reviews the evidence in support of current treatment dropout responses designed for use in outpatient, psychosocial-based alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment settings. A total of 17 publications meeting the inclusion criteria were identified for this review, reporting findings from 19 randomised controlled trials or controlled clinical trials. The methodological quality of these studies was largely sound; however, a lack of contextual information made it difficult to generalise the reported findings across treatment settings and the effectiveness of the reported strategies was modest at best. Future possibilities in dropout response research are subsequently discussed and a novel conceptual framework, termed treatment-fit, is described in detail. It is anticipated that the findings and ideas presented in this article will assist AOD treatment providers formulate an informed response to client dropout. It is also the authors' intention to promote a fundamental shift in how treatment dropout is understood. Achieving such a shift, as will be argued, may result in a truly effective response to treatment dropout. |
| Related Links | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.3109/16066350903151385 |
| Ending Page | 315 |
| Page Count | 18 |
| Starting Page | 298 |
| ISSN | 16066359 |
| e-ISSN | 14767392 |
| DOI | 10.3109/16066350903151385 |
| Journal | Addiction Research & Theory |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Volume Number | 18 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2009-11-24 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Addiction Research & Theory Clinical Psychology Treatment Dropout Suggested Future Responding To Treatment Trials Future Directions |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Medicine |
