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Congia P, Mannarino S, Deiana S, Maulu M, Muscas E. Association between adult ADHD, self-report, and behavioral measures of impulsivity and treatment outcome in cocaine use disorder. J Subst Abuse Treat 2020; 118:108120. [PMID: 32972646 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Revised: 07/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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A large and growing body of literature supports the association between cocaine addiction and impulsivity. The aim of the study was to test whether pretreatment screening for adult ADHD, and self-report and behavioral measures of impulsivity have prognostic utility in clinical practice with cocaine users. We enrolled a cohort of N = 86 treatment-seeking cocaine users, assisted by a public addiction service, in a 24 week study. At baseline, we performed screening for adult ADHD, assessed the presence of co-occurring mental disorders, and applied measures of drug use severity, trait-like impulsivity (Barratt Impulsiveness Scale; BIS-11), decision-making (Iowa Gambling Task; IGT), risk-taking (Balloon Analogue Risk Task; BART), and ability to inhibit cognitive interference (Stroop Color Word Test; SCWT). Patients positive to the screening for ADHD showed a higher level of self-reported impulsivity and a longer history of drug use, but did not differ from those without ADHD in adherence to psychosocial treatments and number of negative urines for cocaine during the 24 weeks. Among all of the self-report and behavioral measures used, only IGT BIS-11 was associated with cocaine abstention. The small effect size and the problematic direction of the associations found do not give strong support to the routine use of self-regulation measures to guide clinical decisions in public addiction treatment settings.
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- Pierpaolo Congia
- Drug Addiction Service, SER.D.2, ATS - Sardegna, ASSL Cagliari, Italy.
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- Drug Addiction Service, SER.D.2, ATS - Sardegna, ASSL Cagliari, Italy
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- Drug Addiction Service, SER.D.2, ATS - Sardegna, ASSL Cagliari, Italy
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- Drug Addiction Service, SER.D.2, ATS - Sardegna, ASSL Cagliari, Italy
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- Drug Addiction Service, SER.D.2, ATS - Sardegna, ASSL Cagliari, Italy
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Doyle SR, Donovan DM. Applying an ensemble classification tree approach to the prediction of completion of a 12-step facilitation intervention with stimulant abusers. PSYCHOLOGY OF ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS 2014; 28:1127-43. [PMID: 25134038 DOI: 10.1037/a0037235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to explore the selection of predictor variables in the evaluation of drug treatment completion using an ensemble approach with classification trees. The basic methodology is reviewed, and the subagging procedure of random subsampling is applied. Among 234 individuals with stimulant use disorders randomized to a 12-step facilitative intervention shown to increase stimulant use abstinence, 67.52% were classified as treatment completers. A total of 122 baseline variables were used to identify factors associated with completion. The number of types of self-help activity involvement prior to treatment was the predominant predictor. Other effective predictors included better coping self-efficacy for substance use in high-risk situations, more days of prior meeting attendance, greater acceptance of the Disease model, higher confidence for not resuming use following discharge, lower Addiction Severity Index (ASI) Drug and Alcohol composite scores, negative urine screens for cocaine or marijuana, and fewer employment problems. The application of an ensemble subsampling regression tree method utilizes the fact that classification trees are unstable but, on average, produce an improved prediction of the completion of drug abuse treatment. The results support the notion there are early indicators of treatment completion that may allow for modification of approaches more tailored to fitting the needs of individuals and potentially provide more successful treatment engagement and improved outcomes.
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Kiluk BD, Babuscio TA, Nich C, Carroll KM. Smokers versus snorters: do treatment outcomes differ according to route of cocaine administration? Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 2013; 21:490-8. [PMID: 24364538 PMCID: PMC3943602 DOI: 10.1037/a0034173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Smoking cocaine achieves maximal concentration and effect far more rapidly than through the intranasal ("snorting") route, and it is associated with greater propensity for dependence and more severe consequences. However, very little is known about differences in treatment outcome according to route of administration. This study compared treatment outcomes, such as frequency of cocaine use and Addiction Severity Index (ASI) composite scores, by primary route of cocaine administration (smoking vs. intranasal) among a pooled sample of 412 cocaine-dependent individuals participating in 1 of 5 randomized clinical trials. The majority (80%) reported smoking as their primary route of cocaine administration. Overall, results indicated better cocaine use outcomes both during the treatment phase and through a 12-month follow-up period for intranasal users compared to smokers, although not all differences reached statistical significance. Intranasal users remained in treatment longer, F(1, 408) = 3.55, p < .05, and showed a trend toward achieving longer periods of sustained abstinence within treatment, F(1, 378) = 2.68, p = .08, as well as less use over time during the follow-up period than smokers (Time × Route: t = 1.87, p = .06). Also, intranasal users' ASI cocaine composite score decreased more than smokers, but there were overall decreases in the other ASI domains for all participants over the course of the study period. These results suggest that intranasal users may achieve better cocaine use outcomes than smokers, yet this doesn't appear to translate to differential changes in the severity of problems experienced in other life areas.
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- Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
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Lorenzoni V, Curzio O, Karakachoff M, Saponaro A, Sanza M, Mariani F, Molinaro S. The effects of the macro-environment on treatment retention for problem cocaine users. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY 2012; 24:52-9. [PMID: 22884542 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2011] [Revised: 03/14/2012] [Accepted: 07/05/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Client dropout is commonly used as an indicator of quality and effectiveness of drug treatment. Following increasing cocaine use in recent years, research has attempted to identify predictors of retention in treatment for cocaine users but there is no consensus about how individual characteristics and system variables (referral source, treatment setting), what we term here as the "macro-environment" - effect risk of dropout. This study sought to identify macro-environmental factors and examine the way these impact upon treatment retention. METHODS A retrospective longitudinal study of an admission cohort among drug services in Vasta Romagna in Emilia Romagna Region, Italy (up to 8 years of treatment or until discharge) was conducted to determine the effect of macro-environmental variables on retention among first time admitted cocaine-dependent clients in different treatment settings. The sample consisted of 1178 clients meeting DSM-IV-R criteria for cocaine dependence. RESULTS The joint effect of individual and system factors had a significant impact on dropout rates. In particular, lower rates of dropout were observed for those treated in prison and those who had a stable home, HR: 0.09 (0.02-0.48), or lived in rehabilitation units, HR: 0.36 (0.15-0.88), and among clients referred by the local authority and those living with parents, HR: 0.60 (0.38-0.95). CONCLUSION The combined effect of individual and system factors on retention in treatment sets a critical background necessary to assess any impact of organizational dynamics and delineate the trajectory for future interventions.
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Sánchez E, Villanueva RJ, Santonja FJ, Rubio M. Predicting cocaine consumption in Spain: A mathematical modelling approach. DRUGS-EDUCATION PREVENTION AND POLICY 2010. [DOI: 10.3109/09687630903443299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Xu J, DeVito EE, Worhunsky PD, Carroll KM, Rounsaville BJ, Potenza MN. White matter integrity is associated with treatment outcome measures in cocaine dependence. Neuropsychopharmacology 2010; 35:1541-9. [PMID: 20393459 PMCID: PMC2965037 DOI: 10.1038/npp.2010.25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cocaine dependence is associated with white matter impairments that may compromise cognitive function and hence drug users' abilities to engage in and benefit from treatment. The main aim of this study was to assess whether white matter integrity correlates with treatment outcome measures in cocaine dependence. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was used to assess the white matter (WM) of 16 treatment-seeking cocaine-dependent patients before 8 weeks of therapy. The measures for treatment outcome were longest self-reported duration of continuous cocaine abstinence, percent of urine screens negative for cocaine, and duration (weeks) of treatment retention. Correlations between treatment outcome measures and DTI parameters (fractional anisotropy (FA), longitudinal eigenvalue (lambda(1)), perpendicular eigenvalue (lambda(T)), and mean diffusivity (MD)) were analyzed. Longest self-reported abstinence from cocaine and percent of cocaine-negative urine samples during treatment positively correlated with FA values and negatively correlated with lambda(1), lambda(T), and MD values across extensive brain regions including the corpus callosum, frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes, and cerebellum. The findings of an association between better WM integrity at treatment onset and longer abstinence suggest that strategies for improving WM integrity warrant consideration in developing new interventions for cocaine dependence.
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- Jiansong Xu
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT, USA,Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA,Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06519, USA. Tel: +203 974 7356; Fax: +203 974 7366; E-mail:
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Blanken P, van den Brink W, Hendriks VM, Huijsman IA, Klous MG, Rook EJ, Wakelin JS, Barendrecht C, Beijnen JH, van Ree JM. Heroin-assisted treatment in the Netherlands: History, findings, and international context. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2010; 20 Suppl 2:S105-58. [PMID: 20362236 DOI: 10.1016/s0924-977x(10)70001-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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This monograph describes the history, findings and international context of heroin-assisted treatment (HAT) in the Netherlands. The monograph consists of (1) a short introduction and seven paragraphs describing the following aspects of HAT in the Netherlands: (2) history of HAT studies and implementation of routine HAT in the Netherlands; (3) main findings on efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness from the two randomized controlled HAT trials in the Netherlands; (4) new findings from a large cohort study on the effectiveness of HAT in routine clinical practice in the Netherlands; (5) unique data on the patient's perspective of HAT; (6) data on the pharmacological and pharmaceutical basis for HAT in the Netherlands; (7) description of the registration process; and (8) account of the international context of HAT. Together, these data show that HAT can now be considered a safe and proven-effective intervention for the treatment of chronic, treatment-resistant heroin dependent patients.
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- Peter Blanken
- Central Committee on the Treatment of Heroin Addicts (CCBH), Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Prendergast M, Greenwell L, Cartier J, Sacks J, Frisman L, Rodis E, Havens JR. Adherence to Scheduled Sessions in a Randomized Field Trial of Case Management: The Criminal Justice-Drug Abuse Treatment Studies Transitional Case Management Study. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CRIMINOLOGY 2009; 5:273-297. [PMID: 20157623 PMCID: PMC2820393 DOI: 10.1007/s11292-009-9077-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The Transitional Case Management (TCM) study, one of the projects of the Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJ-DATS) cooperative, was a multi-site randomized test of whether a strengths-based case management intervention provided during an inmate's transition from incarceration to the community increases participation in community substance abuse treatment, enhances access to needed social services, and improves drug use and crime outcomes. As in many intervention studies, TCM experienced a relatively large percentage of treatment-group participants who attended few or no scheduled sessions. The paper discusses issues with regard to participation in community case management sessions, examines patterns of session attendance among TCM participants, and analyzes client and case manager characteristics that are associated with number of sessions attended and with patterns of attendance. The average number of sessions (out of 12) attended was 5.7. Few client or case manager characteristics were found to be significantly related to session attendance. Clinical and research implications of the findings and of adherence in case management generally are discussed.
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- Michael Prendergast
- Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, 1640 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 20025 USA
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- Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, 1640 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 20025 USA
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- Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, 1640 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 20025 USA
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- Center for the Integration of Research & Practice, National Development & Research Institutes, Inc., New York, NY USA
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- Research Division, Connecticut Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services, Hartford, CT USA
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- Research Division, Connecticut Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services, Hartford, CT USA
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- Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY USA
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