ATTITUDE TOWARD RECOVERY AND COMPLETION OF A SUBSTANCE-ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAM

This study tested the ability of the Recovery Attitude and Treatment E valuator (RAATE; Mee-Lee, Hoffmann, & Smith, 1992) to predict attritio n from treatment for pregnant and postpartum substance abusing women. During the first month of treatment, the RAATE was completed by both t he clinician and the patient. Three types of discharge status were con sidered: completion of the treatment program, dropping out of the prog ram, and being administratively discharged. No group differences were found concerning the clinician version of the RAATE. Initial analyses of the patient version revealed that subjects who completed the progra m had lower ratings of resistance to treatment and continuing care com pared to those who dropped out; further analysis suggested that those who completed less than 1 month of treatment exhibited the highest res istance. These results suggest the RAATE is a potentially effective to ol for predicting early attrition from substance abuse treatment in th is population.