TREATMENT READINESS IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS

评估治疗准备情况的问题特别迫切。 大量的研究一致地证明了 所有形式的治疗的保留和有效性，但辍学 这是每种模式的规则。 程序识别 最有可能辍学或治疗失败的客户可以增加 通过提供更好的支持， 有针对性地分配内部服务和其他资源。 的能力 外展和转诊方案，以评估准备程度， 参与治疗有助于提高转诊的适当性， 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、动机、准备和适合性的一般性 作为寻求治疗、保留和/或 目标2旨在确定客户人口统计数据， 与改变动机相关的心理特征， 准备治疗。 更新大大扩展了目前的工作 通过测试环境的一般性，动机，准备和 1）包括妇女在内的特殊药物滥用人群 与儿童、无家可归者和惩教机构的囚犯; 2)长期住院治疗以外的其他治疗方式， 包括戒毒门诊病人及美沙酮维持治疗;及 药物滥用者的治疗样本。

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.