Treatment Outcomes Among Clients Discharged from Residential Substance Abuse Treatment: 2005. The TEDS Report

摘要

Treatment completion is an important predictor of improved outcomes, such as long-term abstinence, among clients admitted to treatment for substance abuse and dependence. Type of treatment, drug use patterns, gender, and education are associated with completion and dropout rates. Dropout rates, in turn, are associated with relapse and return to substance use. Understanding the characteristics of clients discharged from short-term and long-term residential services who completed treatment, dropped out of treatment, or were terminated by the facility may lead to improved completion rates. This understanding may also assist in providing appropriate services for clients who are in need of residential services but at a higher risk for failing to complete treatment.