Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Checkup System Catches Relapse Early and Facilitates Return to Treatment

This is an important article that supports our approach of maintaining engagement and reconnecting clients with services when it's needed:
Supplementing regular recovery checkups with motivational interviewing and active linking to treatment can get relapsing patients back into treatment sooner and help them stay longer, report NIDA-funded researchers. In the 2 years following treatment, patients who received the additional interventions were three times as likely to reenter treatment as others who received assessments only.

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