An Integrated Substance Abuse-Domestic Violence (SADV) Treatment Outcome Study: A Stage 1 Trial for SADV
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Yale University
- Enrollment
- 63
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Mean Days of substance use
Overview
Brief Summary
Investigators will conduct a randomized trial comparing individual SADV to a manualized comparison condition that focuses on substance use only.
Detailed Description
The randomized trial will be informed by previous work developing and refining the interventions and training materials used in the randomized trial.
The focus of this registration is the randomized trial.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- Male
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •referred by the courts or probation for treatment of substance use and domestic violence and who
- •meet current DSM-IV criteria for substance dependence (alcohol, cocaine and marijuana, and who have used that substance within the 30 days prior to the screening session)
- •report physical violence in an intimate relationship (pushing, slapping, kicking) within 30 days prior to screening
- •can read English at a 6th grade level.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Currently in withdrawal from substances and in need of detoxification (such individuals may be re-evaluated following detoxification)
- •Have cognitive impairment (a mini mental state score \<25)
- •Have psychomotor epilepsy (e.g. impulsivity or rage related symptoms secondary to a seizure disorder, as this medical diagnosis is likely to be a confound in the proposed study)
- •Have major medical complications such as a head injury/trauma, or HIV dementia that may also be a confound in the study interventions
- •Currently receiving either substance abuse or IPV treatment elsewhere
- •Have a lifetime history of any psychotic or bipolar disorder
- •Currently suicidal or homicidal.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Mean Days of substance use
Time Frame: Weekly up to 12 weeks
Days of substance use weekly from each participant endorsed as Y/N, by Self-report using time line follow back method, verified by alcohol concentration and urine toxicology
Mean Days of physical violence use
Time Frame: Weekly up to 12 weeks
Days of physical violence use weekly from each participant endorsed as Y/N, by Self-report using time line follow back method, verified by female collateral informant
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported