The Role of Case Management in Retaining Clients in Substance Abuse Treatment: An Exploratory Analysis

The positive relationship between time spent in substance-abuse treatment and improved outcomes has led to a significant interest in interventions that encourage substance abusers to remain in treatment. Case management has been tested for its role in both encouraging continued participation and dir...

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Published in:Journal of drug issues 1997-10, Vol.27 (4), p.821-832
Main Authors: Siegal, Harvey A., Rapp, Richard C., Li, Li, Saha, Pranjit, Kirk, Karen D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case Management
Drug Abuse
Drug abusers
Factors
Ohio
Retention
Substance Abuse
Substance abuse treatment
Termination of Treatment
Treatment
Treatment Compliance
Treatment Outcomes
Treatment Programs
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Summary:The positive relationship between time spent in substance-abuse treatment and improved outcomes has led to a significant interest in interventions that encourage substance abusers to remain in treatment. Case management has been tested for its role in both encouraging continued participation and directly affecting desired outcomes. This article reports findings from an ongoing longitudinal study that randomly assigned over 600 substance abusers entering treatment to one of two groups, either: (1) usual primary and aftercare drug treatment services or (2) usual services and an enhancement of strengths-based case management. A cluster analytic technique was used to identify patterns of participation in post-primary treatment, i.e., aftercare and case management, among those substance abusers in the enhanced group. Three distinct clusters emerge that suggest a prominent role for this model of case management as either an adjunct or an alternative to conventional treatment.
ISSN:0022-0426
1945-1369
DOI:10.1177/002204269702700410