Status:

COMPLETED

Individual vs. Group Community Reinforcement Training to Help Parents of Substance-using Treatment-refusing Youth

Lead Sponsor:

Oregon Research Institute

Conditions:

Substance Use Disorders

Treatment Refusal

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of Community Reinforcement Training (CRT) provided in a group therapy format. The goals of CRT are to teach parents behavioral ...

Detailed Description

Very few youth with drug abuse or dependence in the United States receive treatment. This population of untreated youth represents a massive "treatment gap" in adolescent health care that renders impo...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Parents have an adolescent between 15-20 years
  • Parents have had contact with the adolescent on at least 40% of the past 12 weeks
  • Parents have some knowledge or evidence that the adolescent would meet DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for a substance use disorder
  • Adolescent has explicitly refused to attend any intake or therapy sessions
  • Adolescent is not under a current court mandate for treatment or has refused to comply with the mandate
  • English-speaking capability (parents and adolescents)

Exclusion

  • Evidence of adolescent psychotic or organic state of sufficient severity to interfere with understanding of study instruments and procedures
  • Adolescent had received drug treatment (except detoxification) in the past 12 weeks.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01829789

Start Date

April 1 2013

End Date

March 1 2016

Last Update

September 30 2016

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Center for Family and Adolescent Research

Portland, Oregon, United States, 97232