101630: Drug Abuse Treatment Evidence: Collection V (NIDA Notes)

About the Course:

This course is based on four NIDA Notes articles. NIDA Notes is a large collection of brief relevant articles focusing on current drug abuse treatment evidence.

Drug Abuse Treatment in Adolescents Should Address Co-Occurring Mental Health Problems relates that a NIDA-funded study has found adolescent substance abuse patients with co-occurring emotional and behavioral problems are more likely than peers without coexisting psychiatric conditions to relapse in the year following treatment.

Adults With Co-Occurring Depression and Substance Abuse Benefit From Treatment of Depression shows how new evidence is overturning the long-held view that patients with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders must achieve abstinence from drugs before treatment for depression can begin.

Economists Offer Program for Costing Out Drug Abuse Treatment explains how NIDA-supported economists are offering drug treatment program administrators a comprehensive program to estimate their costs. The Drug Abuse Treatment Cost Analysis Program (DATCAP) features materials and a method to capture and put dollar values on the full range of treatment resources.

CTN Update: Teamwork Develops Treatment Concept Into Study Protocol describes how in NIDA’s Clinical Trials Network (CTN), researchers and practitioners collaborate in the design as well as the execution of drug abuse treatment studies.

All four articles are contained in one PDF.

Journal/Publisher:

NIDA

Publication Date:

May 2005; January 2005; and December 2004

Authors

Lori Whitten; Marion Torchia; Barbara Shine

About the Authors:

Lori Whitten is a NIDA Notes staff writer.

Marion Torchia is a NIDA Notes contributing writer.

Barbara Shine is a NIDA Notes contributing writer.

Recommended For:

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially addiction counselors, psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about how drug abuse treatment in adolescents should address co-occurring mental health problems; adults with co-occurring depression and substance abuse benefit from treatment of depression; economists offer program for costing out drug abuse treatment, and how teamwork develops treatment concept into study protocol. It is appropriate for all levels of participants’ knowledge.

Course Objectives:

1. Explain how drug abuse treatment in adolescents should address co-occurring mental health problems.

2. Acknowledge that adults with co-occurring depression and substance abuse benefit from treatment of depression.

3. Describe the program that is offered by economists for costing out drug abuse treatment.

4. Recognize how the Clinical Trials Network (CTN) used teamwork to develop a treatment concept into a study protocol