TREATMENT READINESS IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS

评估治疗准备情况的问题尤其引人注目。 大量研究一致地证明了两者之间的相关性 保留率和各种治疗方式的有效性，但辍学 仍然是每种模式的规则。程序识别的能力 最有可能辍学或治疗失败的客户可以增加 治疗计划过程通过更多的 有针对性地在内部分配服务和其他资源。一种能力 外展和转介方案，以评估为 治疗参与可以帮助提高转诊的适当性和 治疗资源的利用。 这两年的二次分析有两个主要目的。目标1评估 环境的概括性、动机、准备程度和适宜性 作为寻求、保留和/或治疗的可靠和有效的预测指标 结果，而目标2寻求确定客户人口统计和 心理特征与改变的动机和 准备好接受治疗了。此次更新极大地扩展了当前的工作 通过测试环境的一般性、动机、准备和 适用于：1)吸毒者的特殊人群，包括妇女 与儿童、无家可归者和惩教机构中的囚犯在一起； 2)长期住院TC以外的其他治疗方式， 包括戒毒门诊病人和美沙酮维持服务；及3)无 吸毒者的治疗样本。

The issue of assessing readiness for treatment is particularly compelling. A large body of research consistently documents the correlation between retention and the effectiveness of treatment in all modalities, yet dropout remains the rule in each modality. The ability of programs to identify clients who are most at risk for dropout or treatment failure can augment the treatment planning process by providing better support through a more targeted internal allocation of services and other resources. The ability of outreach and referral programs to assess the extent of readiness for treatment involvement can help improve the appropriateness of referrals and the utilization of treatment resources. There are two major aims of this two year secondary analysis. Aim 1 assess the generality of the Circumstances, Motivation, Readiness and Suitability as a reliable and valid predictor of treatment seeking, retention and/or outcomes, while Aim 2 seeks to identify the client demographic and psychological characteristics associated with motivation to change and readiness for treatment. The renewal considerably extends the current work by testing the generality of the Circumstances, motivation, readiness and Suitability to: 1) special populations of drug abusers, including women with children, homeless people, and prisoners in correctional institutions; 2) additional treatment modalities beyond the long term residential TC, including drug free out patient, and methadone maintenance; and 3) non treatment samples of drug abusers.