Marijuana Dependence Treatment PRN

描述：（申请人提供） 拟议的IB阶段研究，提交参考NIDA的行为 治疗开发计划（PA-99-107），将有助于开发 一种新的行为治疗模式， 依赖大麻实验性干预将允许参与者 在一段时间内按需或“按需”（prn）接受简短的咨询 三年期。拟议的研究旨在初步评估 “PRN”干预措施在评估其疗效之前的可行性 第二阶段试验。 将招募86名依赖大麻的成年人并随机分配 （a）涉及9名个人的标准护理控制条件 在12周的时间内提供咨询课程，或（B）实验 这种情况始于四次咨询会议，其中动机 提高和应对技能培训，并随后 在三年内，参与者有机会获得 根据需要提供咨询服务（每集一至三次） 基础 所有参与者的后续评估将在六个月后进行 三年后的第一个月， 辅导

DESCRIPTION: (provided by applicant) The proposed Stage IB study, submitted with reference to NIDA's Behavioral Therapies Development Program (PA-99-107), will contribute to the development of a new model of behavioral therapy for adults who seek treatment to overcome dependence on marijuana. The experimental intervention will permit participants to receive brief episodes of counseling on demand or "as needed" (prn) over a three-year period. The proposed study is intended to preliminarily assess the viability of a "prn" intervention prior to its assessment for efficacy in a Stage II trial. Eighty-six marijuana-dependent adults will be recruited and randomly assigned to: (a) a standard of care control condition involving nine individual counseling sessions delivered over a 12-week period, or (b) the experimental condition that begins with four counseling sessions in which motivational enhancement and coping skills training are incorporated, and is followed by the opportunity over a three year period for participants to receive subsequent episodes (one to three sessions per episode) of counseling on an as-needed basis. Follow-up assessments of all participants will take place at six month intervals for the three year period following the initiation of their counseling.