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High Psychiatric Symptom Severity Is a Moderator of Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes Among Women in Single vs. Mixed Gender Group Treatment

, M.D., M.P.H., , Ph.D., M.P.H., , , B.A., , B.A. & , Ph.D.
Pages 594-602 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Objective: This exploratory study examined psychiatric symptom severity as a moderator of outcomes among women receiving either the Women's Recovery Group (WRG), a new manualized group treatment for substance use disorders combining single-gender group composition and women-focused content, or Group Drug Counseling (GDC), an empirically supported mixed-gender group treatment. Methods: We used a mixed model analysis of variance. Results: We found a significant 3-way interaction effect of treatment condition, time, and baseline Brief Symptom Inventory scores as well as Beck Depression Inventory scores. Conclusion: Single-gender group treatment may confer added benefit for women with substance abuse and high psychiatric symptom severity than mixed-gender treatment.

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