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ArticleSubstance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy2021

Examination of referral source and retention among women in residential substance use disorder treatment: a prospective follow-up study.

Dean Rivera, Donna Dueker, Hortensia Amaro

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Article in Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02977988 (Neural Mechanisms in Women's Treatment and Early Recovery), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02977988 nacompletednot on this map

Neural Mechanisms in Women's Treatment and Early Recovery

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Southern CaliforniaRan2015 to 2019Enrolled200ConditionsSubstance-related DisordersArmsMindfulness Meditation, Brain and Recovery (B&R)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Substance Use Disorder Treatment Outcomes: Methodological Overview of Metrics and Criteria.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Dean RiveraSuzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, 669 W. 34th Street, MRF 214, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA. drrivera@usc.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5997-4377
Donna DuekerDepartment of Health Sciences, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1000 East Victoria Street, Carson, CA, 90747, USA.
Hortensia AmaroHerbert Wertheim College of Medicine and Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, AHC 5, Miami, FL, 33199, USA.
California State University, Dominguez Hills · USFlorida International University · USUniversity of Southern California · US

Funding

The Effects of Social Networks on Women's Substance Use Disorder Recovery OutcomesR01DA038648 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI AMARO, HORTENSIA D., BLACK, DAVID SCOTT · 2015 to 2018
$2.3M
NIDA NIH HHS 5R01DA038648
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCourt-mandated substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, as compared to nonmandated treatment, has been associated with increased retention and completion. However, whether child protective services (CPS)-mandated women's residential SUD treatment leads to improved treatment retention in comparison to criminal justice (CJ)-mandated and nonmandated treatment remains unclear. PURPOSE: This study compared the number of days retained in residential SUD treatment among three referral sources (CPS, CJ, and nonmandated), while also examining whether having a co-occurring mental health disorder or increased stress, depression, anxiety, and PTSD symptomology contributed to decreased retention. This study tested the hypothesis that women mandated by the CPS and CJ systems would have improved residential SUD treatment retention compared with nonmandated women.

methodsMultiple regression analyses were conducted on data for a diverse sample of 245 women (Hispanic: N = 141, Black: N = 50, White: N = 50) mandated or nonmandated (CJ: N = 114, CPS: N = 82, nonmandated: N = 49) into residential SUD treatment to determine each group's treatment retention outcomes.

resultsWomen mandated to SUD residential treatment by the CPS system remained in treatment significantly longer (p = .046), compared to women not mandated, representing a 34.4% increase in retention. Findings further revealed a corresponding 2.3% decrease in retention (p = .048) for each one-unit increase in a patient's stress score, whereas those with a co-occurring mental health diagnosis had a 43.6% decrease in SUD treatment retention (p < .001).

conclusionsPolicy and clinical considerations include (a) increasing case management support and wraparound services that meet the multiple service needs of women who are nonmandated to residential SUD treatment, and (b) incorporating a more nuanced treatment approach that manages mental health disorders and stress symptomology early in treatment when women are most vulnerable to relapse and treatment dropout.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02977988 (first posted November 30, 2016; last update posted October 7, 2019); U.S. NIH Grant/Contract: 5R01DA038648 .

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Substance-Related DisordersCriminal LawFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansProspective StudiesReferral and ConsultationCo-occurring disorderMandated residential treatmentSubstance use disorderTreatment retentionWomen

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