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    J Consult Clin Psychol. 2000 Jun;68(3):515-20.

    Brief coping skills treatment for cocaine abuse: 12-month substance use outcomes.

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    Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, USA.

    Abstract

    Patients (N = 108) in a study of cocaine-specific coping skills training (CST), which was found to reduce cocaine use during a 3-month follow-up, were followed for an additional 9 months. CST involved coping skills training in the context of high-risk situations. Control treatment used meditation-relaxation. Both were added to comprehensive private substance abuse treatment. Patients in CST who relapsed had significantly fewer cocaine use days than did the control group during the first 6 months, then both conditions did equally well. Patients in CST also drank alcohol more frequently in the last 6 months than did contrast patients but did not differ in heavy drinking days. For cocaine use outcomes, no interaction of treatment was found with gender, education, route of administration, drug use severity, sociopathy, or depression. Implications include the need to investigate different lengths and combinations of treatment.

    PMID:
    10883569
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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