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Women Veterans' Substance Abuse Treatment

NCT00734903 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 66

Last updated 2018-11-05

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of a gender-focused addiction treatment model (A Woman's Path to Recovery) versus a non-gender focused addiction treatment model (12-Step Facilitation) in a sample of women Veterans with substance use disorder.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

A Woman's Path to Recovery

WPR is a gender-specific therapy model for women with substance use disorder. It uses A Woman's Addiction Workbook to provide education and coping skills. In this trial it was conducted in 12 weekly individual sessions.

BEHAVIORAL

12-Step Facilitation

12SF is an evidence-based therapy designed to facilitate early recovery from substance addiction. It is an individual model consisting of 12 sessions that use the principles of 12-step groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous, and strongly emphasizes participation in those. In this trial the model was conducted weekly.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Lisa M. Najavits, PhD · VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-10-31
Primary Completion
2015-03-31
Completion
2015-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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