Long-term outcome of substance-dependent youth following 12-step treatment Article

Winters, KC, Stinchfield, R, Latimer, WW et al. (2007). Long-term outcome of substance-dependent youth following 12-step treatment . 33(1), 61-69. 10.1016/j.jsat.2006.12.003

cited authors

  • Winters, KC; Stinchfield, R; Latimer, WW; Lee, S

fiu authors

abstract

  • The adolescent drug treatment outcome research literature primarily focuses on short-term follow-up periods (e.g., 1 year). This study extends the said literature by describing the pattern of drug use at 1, 4, and 5.5 years in three groups of adolescents: a Treatment group, which underwent a 12-step-based drug treatment program (n = 159); a Waiting List group (n = 62); and a Community Control group (n = 94). The Treatment group consistently showed significantly lower levels of drug involvement than the Waiting List group. However, at all points, both the Treatment and Waiting List groups showed higher levels of drug use than the Community Controls. Within the Treatment group, completing treatment and involvement in aftercare were positively associated with improved outcomes. The treatment implications of the study are discussed. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

publication date

  • July 1, 2007

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

start page

  • 61

end page

  • 69

volume

  • 33

issue

  • 1