TREATMENT RESEARCH WITH CRACK-COCAINE-DEPENDENT MALE VETERANS - THE EFFICACY OF DIFFERENT RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES

Crack cocaine dependence rapidly leads to physical deterioration and s evere social consequences. There is no widely accepted standard of tre atment. As such, it is important to attract broad samples of patients into treatment research to improve efficacy and to establish generaliz ability. Better understanding of what attracts different subgroups of cocaine users into treatment, particularly research-based treatment, i s needed. This article assesses the efficacy of six different recruitm ent strategies for attracting different populations of male veterans i nto treatment for crack cocaine dependence. New directions are outline d for the examination of recruitment strategies.