Retaining cocaine-abusing women in a therapeutic community: the effect of a child live-in program

A clinical trial examined whether retention of cocaine-abusing women in a therapeutic community can be improved by permitting their children to live with them during treatment. Fifty-three women were randomly assigned to either the standard community condition (n = 22), in which children were placed...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 1995-08, Vol.85 (8 Pt 1), p.1149-1152
Main Authors: Hughes, P H, Coletti, S D, Neri, R L, Urmann, C F, Stahl, S, Sicilian, D M, Anthony, J C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abusers
Admissions
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child care
Children & youth
Cocaine
Day care centers
Desintoxication. Drug withdrawal
Drug abuse
Factors
Female
Humans
Length of Stay
Medical sciences
Mothers
Nuclear Family
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Public health
Residential Facilities
Retention
Substance abuse treatment
Substance Abuse Treatment Centers
Substance-Related Disorders - therapy
Survival Analysis
Therapeutic communities
Treatment Outcome
Treatments
United States
USA
Women
Young children
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Summary:A clinical trial examined whether retention of cocaine-abusing women in a therapeutic community can be improved by permitting their children to live with them during treatment. Fifty-three women were randomly assigned to either the standard community condition (n = 22), in which children were placed with the best available caretaker, or the demonstration condition (n = 31), in which one or two of the children lived with their mother in the community. Survival analysis distributions indicated that demonstration women remained in treatment significantly longer than standard treatment women. (Mean length of stay was 300.4 days vs 101.9 days, respectively.)
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.85.8_Pt_1.1149