Treatment readiness training and probationers' evaluation of substance abuse treatment in a criminal justice setting

Challenges in Motivating Treatment Enrollment in Community Syringe Exchange Participants

“…Future studies of treatment enrollment in out-of-treatment opioid abusers might benefit from offering this type of assistance. 38,53 Implications and Future Directions This study showed that despite high reported interest in treatment, SEP participants exhibited low rates of treatment enrollment that did not improve through the addition of a single MI interview. Nevertheless, the development of interventions to encourage this high-risk population to pursue treatment remains a worthwhile goal as a means of enhancing the public health benefits of SEPs.…”

“…Participants who remained interested in receiving methadone returned to the study van where they were referred to a treatment readiness group that met at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. This group provided skills and practical support for finding treatment in the community 38 and direct referral when slots became available. Study staff contacted the BNEP to assess treatment entry over the course of study participation (1 year) and contacted treatment programs directly to verify enrollment and determine length of stay.…”

Brief Alcohol Interventions With Mandated or Adjudicated College Students

“…Tracy O'Leary Tevyaw, Peter M. Monti, and Suzanne M. Colby Adults who are mandated to substance abuse treatment seem to benefit as much from treatment as those who are self-referred (Lawental et al, 1996;Sia et al, 2000). In several studies, mandating individuals to receive treatment significantly increased compliance and treatment attendance rates (Lawental et al, 1996;Martin et al, 2003), with interventions that target motivation and readiness to change showing promise in improving treatment participation, retention, and completion rates among court-ordered individuals (Lincour et al, 2002;Sia et al, 2000).…”

“…In several studies, mandating individuals to receive treatment significantly increased compliance and treatment attendance rates (Lawental et al, 1996;Martin et al, 2003), with interventions that target motivation and readiness to change showing promise in improving treatment participation, retention, and completion rates among court-ordered individuals (Lincour et al, 2002;Sia et al, 2000). However, concern has been raised that harm reduction approaches may be fundamentally incompatible with mandated treatment (Wild, 1999) and that mandated treatment status may be associated with worse outcomes in some populations (e.g., Hohman et al, 2003;Stark and Campbell, 1988).…”

Influence of Perceived Coercion and Motivation on Treatment Completion and Re-Arrest among Substance-Abusing Offenders

“…[12][13][14][15][16] Finally, coerced clients and those who may not recognize or acknowledge that they have a drug problem can, through treatment participation and interaction with other clients, become engaged in treatment and do as well as voluntary clients. 17,18 Although the three assumptions do have empirical support, much more remains to be known about the external pressures and the internal perceptions of coerced treatment to determine the conditions under which coerced treatment is effective, to ensure that as many clients as possible benefit from treatment and to use treatment and criminal justice resources efficiently.…”