The Role of Wrap Around Services in Retention and Outcome in Substance Abuse Treatment: Findings From the Wrap Around Services Impact Study

Unmet needs for comprehensive services in outpatient addiction treatment

“…All procedures were approved by the institutional review board of the St. Francis Medical Center (Pittsburgh, PA, USA). Additional details regarding the WASIS methodology are provided in the work of Pringle et al (2002).…”

“…After accounting for numerous contingencies, the follow-up rate at 3 months was 65%. The follow-up sample appears to be sufficiently representative of the baseline sample on variables closely related to addiction severity and service needs, including sociodemographic characteristics, employment, and criminal justice status (refer to the work of Pringle et al, 2002 for additional details).…”

“…Most recently, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) sponsored a large multisite evaluation of wraparound service provision in outpatient addiction treatment. This project, the WASIS, found that patient receipt of child care, basic needs services, educational training, family counseling, and medical and mental health services was associated with improvements in treatment retention and numerous indicators of posttreatment outcome (Pringle et al, 2002).…”

Tailored treatment in the outpatient substance abuse treatment sector: 1995–2005

“…As such, acute-care models oriented around isolated treatment episodes or focused on core treatment activities to the exclusion of ancillary needs and environmental triggers of relapse are likely to be inappropriate in treating these disorders (McLellan, 2002). The effectiveness of case management in addiction treatment is well established, and other studies, which demonstrate the effectiveness of comprehensive service provision to these populations, suggest that programs that facilitate referral to such services are likely to realize superior client outcomes (McLellan et al, 1998(McLellan et al, , 1999Pringle et al, 2002). Moreover, the results of the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study point to the importance of treatment retention in predicting successful posttreatment outcomes (Hubbard, Craddock, Flynn, Anderson, & Etheridge, 1997).…”

Integrated case management : a preliminary study to determine what helps and what hinders - the parent perspective

“…However, they strongly indicated a need for comparative, longitudinal studies examining wrap-around interventions. Other authors also support the need for ongoing evaluation of collaborative services to children (Bruner et al , 1992;Pringle et al , 2002;Rutman, Hubberstey, Hume, & Tate, 1998;Salmon, 2004). Bruner et al contend that evaluations must be interactive and formative and Nicholson et al (1998) called for more research that includes the client voice in evaluation of practice.…”