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Motivational Enhancement Treatment to Improve Treatment Engagement and Outcome for Spanish-Speaking Individuals Seeking Treatment for Substance Abuse

This multisite randomized trial compared the effectiveness of three individual sessions of motivational enhancement therapy (MET) to three individual sessions of counseling as usual (CAU) on treatment retention and frequency of substance use, with all assessment and treatment sessions conducted in Spanish among 405 individuals seeking treatment for any type of current substance use.

CTN Protocol ID:

CTN-0021

DSMB ID:

NIDA-CTN-0021

Status:

Completed

ClinicalTrials.gov ID:

NCT00078169

Principal Investigator(s)

José Szapocznik, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair

University of Miami School of Medicine

Center for Family Studies

1425 N.W. 10th Avenue
Room 309
Miami, FL 33136
United States

jszapocz@med.miami.edu

Participating Sites

Miami Behavioral Health, Florida
Narco Freedom, Inc., New York
The Life Link, New Mexico
ChangePoint, Inc., Oregon