Drug abuse treatment is frequently not a single occurrence in the life of a drug abuser but can be a recurring phenomenon. The proposed research reconceptualizes drug abuse treatment in terms of its episodic nature over the life cycle and will have important implications for identification of types of drug treatment clients and the provision of effective services for those types. The proposed research will address two major objectives: (1) describe the drug abuse treatment career and (2) model the drug abuse treatment career and its effects on treatment outcomes. Based on these objectives, several specific aims guide the proposed research: (1) develop measures of the drug abuse treatment career; (2) characterize drug treatment careers in terms of typologies; (3) examine the correlates of the drug treatment career; (4) model the rate of entry to treatment during the treatment career; (5) model the rate of return to treatment for a specific treatment episode; and (6) model aspects of the treatment career. Analysis techniques include modeling of the treatment career with event-history analysis techniques that describe the timing of treatment episodes during the drug treatment career.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
1R01DA003866-01
Application #
3208639
Study Section
(DAPB)
Project Start
1985-08-01
Project End
1987-01-31
Budget Start
1985-08-01
Budget End
1987-01-31
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
1985
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Research Triangle Institute
Department
Type
DUNS #
131606022
City
Research Triangle Park
State
NC
Country
United States
Zip Code
27709