Although substance abuse professionals are generally open to new and better therapeutic
methods, most evidence-based treatments do not easily find their way into practice. Natural …

During the late 1960s, cannabis emerged from relative obscurity to become the most
common illicit drug used in the United States, and has remained so ever since. From an …

This article presents the main outcome findings from two inter-related randomized trials
conducted at four sites to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of five short-term …

Addiction research is challenged to disseminate evidence-based practices into routine
clinical settings. The successful adoption of innovation must consider issues of fit, such as …

Aims This paper provides a description of the rationale, study design, treatments and
assessment procedures used in the Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) experiment. Design …

There is growing agreement that child and youth services have been slow to implement
evidence-based practice (EBP). A variety of interrelated barriers and facilitators of EBP …

OBJECTIVE: To provide an update on the state of the art of family-based treatment research.
METHOD: Randomized clinical trials conducted in the past 10 years that included parents as …

This article provides a comprehensive review of research studies that have examined the
diffusion of evidence-based treatments (EBTs) within the field of substance abuse treatment …

Four hundred thirty-two public sector therapists attended a workshop in contingency
management (CM) and were interviewed monthly for the following 6 months to assess their …

This article summarizes the 30+‐year evidence base of Multidimensional Family Therapy
(MDFT), a comprehensive treatment for youth substance abuse and antisocial behaviors …