Evaluating treatment issues in a military drug and alcohol treatment program

Seeking to determine whether women & men can be efficaciously treated for substance abuse in an integrated non-gender-specific program, & what the predictors of success in such an employee assistance program might be, a quasi-experimental postintervention design was used with 120,775 soldier...

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Published in:Research on social work practice 1998-09, Vol.8 (5), p.501-519
Main Authors: Westhuis, David J, Hayashi, Reiko, Hart, Laurel, Cousert, David, Spinks, Martha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol Abuse
American people
Armed Forces
Drug Abuse
Employee assistance programmes
Employee Assistance Programs
Evaluation
Experiments
Military Personnel
Rehabilitation
Sex Differences
Sexes
Soldiers
Substance abuse
Substance abuse treatment
Treatment
Treatment Methods
United States of America
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Summary:Seeking to determine whether women & men can be efficaciously treated for substance abuse in an integrated non-gender-specific program, & what the predictors of success in such an employee assistance program might be, a quasi-experimental postintervention design was used with 120,775 soldiers treated in the US Army's drug & alcohol program. Results indicated that (1) women were more successful in the program than men; (2) treatment combinations using group, Alcoholics Anonymous, & an educational focus were the most successful for both men & women; & (3) length of time in treatment had no impact on treatment success for women & only minimal impact for men. Men & women also differed in terms of the effect on success of various other demographic & treatment variables. For this type of program to be successful, the recommended treatments for men & women should have a group & educational focus, but clinicians must remain cognizant of gender-related differences when assessing & treating the two groups. 5 Tables, 41 References. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:1049-7315
1552-7581
DOI:10.1177/104973159800800501