Completion of addiction treatment is one of the most consistent factors associated with a
favorable treatment outcome. Unfortunately, it is more common for a patient to drop-out of …

This paper reviews the literature examining characteristics associated with treatment
outcome in women with substance use disorders. A search of the English language …

Substance use was considered to be primarily a male problem, and many substance abuse
studies are conducted with a predominance of male participants. However, recent substance …

Previously, we found that impaired cognition predicted treatment dropout from cognitive
behavioral therapy (CBT) in a small sample of cocaine dependent patients. To further …

BACKGROUND: To investigate the role of the therapeutic alliance in predicting length of
retention in residential drug treatment. METHODS: The study recruited 187 clients starting …

Background: Stigma has been suggested as a possible contributor to the high rates of
treatment attrition in substance-dependent individuals, but no published empirical studies …

Reasons for premature termination of outpatient substance user treatment were evaluated
from client and clinician perspectives using qualitative (focus groups) and quantitative …

Premature dropout from treatments for pathological gambling is potentially of significant
importance, if it occurs before substantial progress has been made in addressing the …

To examine why court mandated offenders dropout of drug treatment and to compare their
characteristics, treatment experiences, perceptions, and outcomes with treatment …

Context There are no effective pharmacotherapies for stimulant dependence but there are
many plausible targets for development of novel therapeutics. We hypothesized that …