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A S Friedman

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PubMed1991

Early childhood and maternal antecedents to drug use.

In a longitudinal study, the substance use/abuse histories were obtained on a community sample of 640, (mean age of 24.9 years) randomly selected from the 8,000 Philadelphia black subjects who had been studied comprehensively from birth to seven years of age in the National Collaborative Perinatal Project (NCPP). Among other conclusions, it is postulated from some of the many significant associations found between early life variables and substance use/abuse in early adulthood, that an infant is at risk who has the following combination of characteristics and family situation: outgoing, responsive, assertive or impulsive, or willful, and who is in an unfavorable family environment, with a mother who is generally negative toward the infant, has a larger number of small children and has had more fetal deaths, in a generally poor social environment.

Adult↗
PubMed1989

Outcome of a unique youth drug abuse program: a follow-up study of clients of Straight, Inc.

A unique feature of the 12-hour per day Straight, Inc., program is temporary placement of the client with the family of a client who has progressed further in the program. Eighty-five (85) percent of the clients reported that their drug use was less at follow-up than when they started in the program. Follow-up reports by parents indicated their impression of a statistically significant decrease in the proportion of clients who were still involved in substance use. Statistically significant improvement at follow-up was also reported by the clients on seven of eight other selected outcome criteria (e.g., suicidal thoughts, physical violence, number of arrests, etc.). The majority of the clients reported that they were "satisfied" with the program (70%), that the program "helped" them (74%), and, specifically, that the program helped them with their relationship with their parents (69%).

Adolescent↗
PubMed1989

A method for diagnosing and planning the treatment of adolescent drug abusers (the Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis [ADAD] instrument).

There is a need for a diagnostic method and an instrument appropriate for adolescent drug abuse clients, that permits the assignment of clients to the most appropriate treatment setting, provides the basis for individualized treatment planning, and facilitates comparability across research studies. The development of the Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis (ADAD), a 150-item instrument with a structured interview format, modeled after the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) (which is for adults), is described. The ADAD produces a broad-spectrum comprehensive evaluation of the client, the interviewer's ten-point severity ratings, and composite scores for each of nine life problem areas that are often relevant to the treatment needs of adolescent drug abuse clients. A series of validity and reliability tests are described. The characteristics of the standardization sample (N = 1,042), and the comparison of the characteristics of the three subsamples (outpatient, residential or non-hospital, and inpatient) are also presented.

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PubMed1975

Interaction of drug therapy with marital therapy in depressive patients.

Comparative effects of the antidepressant drug, amitriptyline hydrochloride, marital therapy, and the drug-psychotherapy interaction effects were studied in a 12-week course of treatment of outpatient depressives. Patients were assigned randomly to four treatment groups, in a 2 times 2 factorial design: (1) drug-marital therapy; (2) drug-minimal contact; (3) placebo-marital therapy; and (4) placebo-minimal contact. Both drug and marital therapy showed substantial beneficial advantages over their control conditions, but drug therapy was faster and generally superior in symptom relief and clinical improvement. Marital therapy was superior in family role task performance and perception of the marital relationship. For reducing hostility and enhancing the perception of the marital relationship, drug therapy had a better early effect, but marital therapy had superior effects by the end of treatment.

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