Clinic- and home-based contingency management plus parent training for adolescent cannabis use disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to conduct a randomized test comparing 2 multicomponent, contingency management interventions, 1 with and 1 without a full parent training curriculum, and an individual treatment for adolescent cannabis use disorders.

Method

A total of 153 adolescents who met DSM-IV criteria for cannabis abuse or dependence were randomized to motivational enhancement therapy/cognitive-behavioral therapy (MET/CBT), MET/CBT+abstinence-based contingency management (CM), or MET/CBT+CM+Parent Training (PT).

Results

Overall, during treatment, abstinence was greater for youth receiving clinic- and home-based CM without PT compared to those who received individual MET/CBT. There was no additional benefit of the full PT curriculum on marijuana use, youth ext

SUBMITTER: Stanger C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4443272 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature