Developing a rural therapy with big city approaches

Both rural communities and urban communities experience problems associated with drug use and drug dependence. However, existing treatment interventio ns are not tailored for rural settings. This article describes a project wh ich will modify an existing social skills behavioral therapy for rural popu lations, refine the therapy, develop a manual, train and supervise therapis ts, and pilot test the structured behavioral outpatient rural therapy to tr eat rural drug users and drug dependents as Stage I Research for NIDA's Beh avioral Therapies Development Program.