Marijuana Dependence Treatment PRN

描述：(申请人提供) 参考NIDA的行为提交的拟议IB阶段研究 治疗发展计划(PA-99-107)，将为发展作出贡献 为寻求治疗的成年人提供一种新的行为治疗模式 对大麻的依赖。实验干预将允许参与者 按需或按需(PRN)接收咨询的简短插曲 三年期。建议进行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。 86名依赖大麻的成年人将被招募并随机分配 至：(A)涉及九名个人的护理控制标准情况 为期12周的咨询课程，或(B)试验性课程 以四次咨询开始的情况，在这四次咨询中，动机 强化和应对技能培训包括在内，然后是 三年内为参与者提供的机会可获得后续 按需咨询(每集一至三次)的插曲 基础。 对所有参与者的后续评估将在六个月内进行 计划开始后的三年期间的间隔 心理咨询。

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.