Agatha Kulaga

TL;DR: PTSD severity reductions were more likely to be associated with substance use improvement, with minimal evidence of substance use symptom reduction improving PTSD symptoms, which support the self-medication model of coping with PTSD symptoms and an empirical basis for integrated interventions for improved substance use outcomes in patients with severe symptoms.

TL;DR: Study results do not favor Seeking Safety over WHE as an adjunct to substance use disorder treatment for women with PTSD and reflect considerable opportunity to improve clinical outcomes in community-based treatments for these co-occurring conditions.

TL;DR: The results suggest that a feedback system adapted to the treatment of substance use problems is a promising approach that should be tested in a larger randomized trial.

TL;DR: It was found that alliance was related to both drug and alcohol use during the past week at the patient and program levels of analysis, but not the counselor level, and several program characteristics were related to average drug andalcohol use.

TL;DR: A randomized, controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of a semiautomated performance improvement system ("patient feedback") that enables real-time monitoring of patient outcomes in outpatient substance abuse treatment clinics found no evidence of an intervention effect on the primary drug and alcohol use scales.