Motivation and readiness for therapeutic community treatment among cocaine and other drug abusers

GD Leon, G Melnick, D Kressel - The American journal of drug and …, 1997 - Taylor & Francis
There is currently little empirical research on the effect of motivation and readiness on the
treatment of different groups of substance abusers. In the present study, the CMRS scales …

Motivation and readiness for therapeutic community treatment among adolescents and adult substance abusers

G Melnick, G De Leon, J Hawke… - The American journal …, 1997 - Taylor & Francis
A growing body of research has demonstrated the importance of motivation and readiness
among drug abusers in seeking, complying with, and remaining in treatment. To date …

Circumstances, motivation, readiness, and suitability (the CMRS scales): Predicting retention in therapeutic community treatment

GD Leon, G Melnick, D Kressel… - The American journal of …, 1994 - Taylor & Francis
Based upon clinical considerations, scales were developed measuring client perceptions
across four interrelated domains: circumstances (external pressures), motivation (intrinsic …

Motivation as a predictor of therapeutic engagement in mandated residential substance abuse treatment

ML Hiller, K Knight, C Leukefeld… - Criminal Justice and …, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
Studies of community-based substance abuse treatment indicate that motivation for
treatment is critical for retaining clients in the program and for their becoming therapeutically …

The motivation-readiness factor in drug treatment implications for research and policy

G De Leon, G Melnick, J Hawke - Emergent issues in the field of drug …, 1999 - emerald.com
This chapter summarizes findings and conclusions from recent studies exploring the role of
motivation-readiness factors in drug abuse treatment. The research focuses on populations …

Problem severity and motivation for treatment in incarcerated substance abusers

ML Hiller, E Narevic, JM Webster, P Rosen… - Substance Use & …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Studies of community-based treatment programs for substance users document that
motivation for treatment is a consistent predictor of clients remaining under treatment for a …

Demographic and clinical correlates of client motivation among substance abusers

RC Rapp, L Li, HA Siegal, RN DeLiberty - Health & Social Work, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the role of motivation in substance abusers' acceptance of treatment is
critically important to improving treatment outcomes. To examine this phenomenon a cohort …

Motivation for treatment in a prison-based therapeutic community

G De Leon, G Melnick, G Thomas… - The American journal …, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
Current research concludes that participation in postprison aftercare is critical to the
effectiveness of prison-based therapeutic community (TC) treatment. This conclusion makes …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of readiness for drug abuse treatment on client retention and assessment of process

GW Joe, DD Simpson, KM Broome - ADDICTION-ABINGDON-, 1998 - academia.edu
Aims. This study examined client motivation as a predictor of retention and therapeutic
engagement across the major types of treatment settings represented in the third national …

The role of motivation and readiness in treatment and recovery

G De Leon, G Melnick, FM Tims - Relapse and recovery in addictions, 2001 - degruyter.com
Substance abuse is a complex problem involving numerous subpopulations and
comorbidities. Researchers have attempted to provide a general recovery-stage model that …