Trial reportJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2017
A randomized clinical trial of behavioral couples therapy versus individually-based treatment for drug-abusing women.
Trial report in Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- Psychosocial Interventions to Improve Psychological, Social and Physical Wellbeing in Family Members Affected by an Adult Relative's Substance Use: A Systematic Search and Review of the Evidence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- The effect of significant other involvement in treatment for substance use disorders: A meta-analysis.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2020Pooled it
- A randomized pilot trial of brief family-involved treatment for alcohol use disorder: Treatment engagement and outcomes.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2023Trial
- Efficacy of Family-based Interventions in Addressing Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review on Randomized Controlled Trials.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2026Review
- Characterizing the social support and functioning of a low-threshold medication for opioid use disorder treatment cohort at intake.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- Conceptual framework for telehealth strategies to increase family involvement in treatment and recovery for youth opioid use disorder.Journal of marital and family therapy · 2021Article
- The Role of the Family in Alcohol Use Disorder Recovery for Adults.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2021Review
- Adverse childhood experiences are associated with at-risk drinking, cannabis and illicit drug use in females but not males: an Emergency Department study.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2020Article
- Treatment Interventions for Women With Alcohol Use Disorder.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2020Review
- Sex and gender differences in substance use disorders.Clinical psychology review · 2018Review
- Effects of Oxytocin on Emotional and Physiological Responses to Conflict in Couples with Substance Misuse.Couple & family psychology · 2018Article
- Component Model of Addiction Treatment: A Pragmatic Transdiagnostic Treatment Model of Behavioral and Substance Addictions.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2018Article
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveBehavioral couples therapy (BCT) is more efficacious than individually-based therapy (IBT) for substance and relationship outcomes among substance use disorder patients. This study compared BCT with IBT for drug-abusing women.
methodSixty-one women, mostly White, late 30s, with primary substance use disorder other than alcohol (74% opioid), and male partners were randomized to 26 sessions over 13 weeks of BCT plus 12-step-oriented IBT (i.e., BCT + IBT) or IBT. Substance-related outcomes were percentage days abstinent (PDA), percentage days drug use (PDDU), Inventory of Drug Use Consequences. Relationship outcomes were Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS), days separated. Data were collected at baseline, posttreatment, and quarterly for 1-year follow-up.
resultsOn PDA, PDDU, and substance-related problems, both BCT + IBT and IBT patients showed significant (p < .01) large effect size improvements throughout 1-year follow-up (d > .8 for most time periods). BCT + IBT showed a significant (p < .001) large effect size (d = -.85) advantage versus IBT on fewer substance-related problems, while BCT + IBT and IBT did not differ on PDA or PDDU (ps > .47). On relationship outcomes, compared to IBT, BCT + IBT had significantly higher male-reported Dyadic Adjustment Scale (p < .001, d = .57) and fewer days separated (p = .01, d = -.47) throughout 1-year follow-up.
conclusionBCT + IBT for drug-abusing women was more efficacious than IBT in improving relationship satisfaction and preventing relationship breakup. On substance use and substance-related problems, women receiving both treatments substantially improved, and women receiving BCT + IBT had fewer substance-related problems than IBT. (PsycINFO Database Record
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