African Americans are less likely than other racial groups to engage in and complete
outpatient substance abuse treatment. The current study, conducted as a secondary …

The development of effective treatments for African Americans and other ethnic minorities is
essential for reducing health disparities in substance use. Despite research suggesting that …

Individuals seeking substance use treatment who have one or more co-occurring mental
health problems tend to have lower treatment engagement, higher rates of attrition, and …

BACKGROUND: The current study evaluated the bottoming out hypothesis by determining
the extent to which composite measures of motivation to change are associated with …

Research has not consistently supported an association between stage of change and
substance abuse treatment retention. This study examined whether social desirability …

Background Our understanding of the conditions that influence substance abuse treatment
retention in urban African American substance users is limited. This study examined the …

This study investigates how racial and ethnic disparities in treatment episode completion
vary across different problem substances in an urban sample of 416,224 outpatient …

Objectives: The objective of this study was to examine the predictive validity of the Stages of
Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale (SOCRATES) among Alaska Native …

Objective: Pre–post changes in readiness for change (RC) are commonly assessed in
treatment outcome studies, often with contradictory results. Little is known about 12-month …

Attempts to address high relapse rates following substance abuse treatment have focused
on identifying relapse prevention needs and development of subsequent relapse prevention …