The Follow-up Study for the Patients of Illicit Substance Use Disorder

Summary

The patients will be diagnosed according to DSM-5, the severity of individual substance use disorder will be assessed, and the plan of treatment will be provided. The treatment will be determined by the diagnosis and severity of addiction, the mood or psychiatric comorbidities, the hyperactivity or attention deficit, alcohol addiction, and etc. The motivational enhancement interview, the individual psychotherapy, the group psychotherapy, the family therapy will be provided by our team members. In order to evaluate the efficacy of the different therapy, we will evaluate the psychological and social status of the patients and follow up every 3 months. The efficacy of different treatment will be evaluated according to our study instruments.

Conditions

• Substance Use Disorders
• Illicit Drug Use

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

motivational enhancement interview

Motivational interviewing is supported by over 200 randomized controlled trials across a range of target populations and behaviors including substance abuse, health-promotion behaviors, medical adherence, and mental health issues.

BEHAVIORAL

the individual psychotherapy

It has been demonstrated to be an effective treatment for depression and has been modified to treat other psychiatric disorders such as substance use disorders and eating disorders. It is incumbent upon the therapist in the treatment to quickly establish a therapeutic alliance with positive countertransference of warmth, empathy, affective attunement and positive regard for encouraging a positive transferential relationship, from which the patient is able to seek help from the therapist despite resistance.

BEHAVIORAL

the group psychotherapy

Group psychotherapy is a key component of milieu therapy in a therapeutic community. The total environment or milieu is regarded as the medium of therapy, all interactions and activities regarded as potentially therapeutic and are subject to exploration and interpretation, and are explored in daily or weekly community meetings. A form of group therapy has been reported to be effective in psychotic adolescents and recovering addicts.

BEHAVIORAL

the family therapy

According to a 2004 French government study conducted by French Institute of Health and Medical Research, family and couples therapy was the second most effective therapy after Cognitive behavioral therapy. The study used meta-analysis of over a hundred secondary studies to find some level of effectiveness that was either "proven" or "presumed" to exist. Of the treatments studied, family therapy was presumed or proven effective at treating schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anorexia and substance dependence.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kaohsiung Medical University

  collaborator OTHER

• Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Kaohsiung Kai-Suan Psychiatric Hospital

  lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

• Frank Huang-Chih Chou, Ph.D. · Kaohsiung Municipal Psychiatric Hospital

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

20 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-05-01

Primary Completion

2021-12-30

Completion

2022-09-30

Countries

• Taiwan

Study Locations