Abstract
Objective: This exploratory study examined psychiatric symptom severity as a moderator of outcomes among women receiving either the Women's Recovery Group (WRG), a new manualized group treatment for substance use disorders combining single-gender group composition and women-focused content, or Group Drug Counseling (GDC), an empirically supported mixed-gender group treatment. Methods: We used a mixed model analysis of variance. Results: We found a significant 3-way interaction effect of treatment condition, time, and baseline Brief Symptom Inventory scores as well as Beck Depression Inventory scores. Conclusion: Single-gender group treatment may confer added benefit for women with substance abuse and high psychiatric symptom severity than mixed-gender treatment.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 594-602 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Alcohol rehabilitation
- Drug rehabilitation
- Human females
- Major depression
- Psychiatric symptoms
- Treatment outcomes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Clinical Psychology
- Medicine (miscellaneous)