SIMILARITY OF OUTCOME PREDICTORS ACROSS OPIATE, COCAINE, AND ALCOHOL TREATMENTS - ROLE OF TREATMENT SERVICES

This study examined the patient and treatment factors associated with 6-month outcome in 649 opiate-, alcohol-, and cocaine-dependent (male and female) adults, treated in inpatient and outpatient settings, in 2 2 publicly and privately funded programs. Outcomes were predicted by s imilar factors, regardless of the drug problem of the patient or the t ype of treatment setting or funding. Greater substance use at follow-u p was predicted only by greater severity of alcohol and drug use at tr eatment admission, not by the number of services received during treat ment. Better social adjustment at follow-up was negatively predicted b y more severe psychiatric, employment, and family problems at admissio n and positively predicted