Background: The suboptimal compliance to vaccinations continues to be a major public health problem.

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Research on drug courts: a critical review 2001 update

A large percentage of individuals who enter residential substance abuse treatment drop out before completing treatment. Given that early treatment dropout places individuals at an increased risk for relapse, identifying the mechanisms underlying treatment dropout would have several important theoretical and clinical implications. In the current study, the authors examined levels of psychological and physical distress tolerance as a predictor of early treatment dropout in a residential substance abuse treatment facility. In a sample of 122 individuals entering a residential substance abuse treatment facility, level of psychological distress tolerance was predictive of early treatment dropout above and beyond relevant self-report variables. There was no relationship between physical distress tolerance and early treatment dropout. Implications for future studies and treatment development or modification are discussed.

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Distress tolerance as a predictor of early treatment dropout in a residential substance abuse treatment facility

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Impulsivity as a vulnerability factor for poor addiction treatment outcomes: A review of neurocognitive findings among individuals with substance use disorders

Estimating drug treatment needs among state prison inmates

Predicting retention in a residential drug treatment alternative to prison program.

Recent interest in increasing access to substance abuse treatment for drug-involved offenders has been spurred by concerns over expanding prison and jail populations, high recidivism rates for drug-involved offenders, and the close link between illegal drug use and criminal activity. Chronic untreated drug and alcohol abuse is likely to result in high rates of repeated contacts with the criminal justice system and a greater likelihood of reincarceration. Unless these offenders naturally desist from drug use, or are successfully engaged in treatment, recidivism is likely to remain high and the courts and correctional systems are likely to continue to be overwhelmed by large numbers of drug-involved offenders. This article uses multiple recidivism measures to assess the long-term effects of diversion to a highly coercive, long-term residential therapeutic community treatment for repeat felony drug offenders charged with drug sales and facing mandatory incarceration in state prison. If the offenders...

Recidivism Among High-Risk Drug Felons: A Longitudinal Analysis Following Residential Treatment

HIV risk profiles were investigated using cluster analysis with 247 male felony drug offenders. Two clusters were produced, distinguishable by high frequency of sex behaviors that were largely unprotected, or high frequency drug use. Exploratory analysis examining latent HIV predictors by risk type found older age, troubled feelings over drug problems, memory and concentration difficulties, higher frequency of burglary charges, and physical abuse history were predictive of drug-related HIV risk. Family problems, spending free time with family or friends, troubled feelings over medical problems, driving under the influence of drugs, anxiety, high risk-taking, polysubstance use, and using wages for drugs were predictive of sex-related HIV risk. Findings suggest intervention efforts for felony drug offenders need to address differential risk behaviors.

A Cluster Analysis of HIV Risk among Felony Drug Offenders

Among 280 felony drug sale offenders with substance use disorders, self-reported psychiatric treatment, medication, and symptoms yielded estimates that 40% to 60% had comorbid psychiatric disorders...

Michelle A. Lang

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Predicting retention in a residential drug treatment alternative to prison program.

Recidivism Among High-Risk Drug Felons: A Longitudinal Analysis Following Residential Treatment

A Cluster Analysis of HIV Risk among Felony Drug Offenders

Self-Reported Psychiatric Treatment Needs Among Felony Drug Offenders: