Randomized controlled trial of brief cognitive-behavioural interventions among regular users of amphetamine

• Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) Vol. 96; no. 9; pp. 1279 - 1287
• Main Authors: Baker, Amanda, Boggs, Tracy G., Lewin, Terry J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Carfax Publishing, part of the Taylor & Francis Group 01.09.2001; Blackwell; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Addictive behaviors; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Amphetamine-Related Disorders - rehabilitation; Amphetamines; Analysis of Variance; Biological and medical sciences; Brief interventions; Clinical trials; Cognition; Cognitive behaviour therapy; Cognitive Therapy - methods; Drug abuse; Drug abusers; Drug addictions; Drug use; Drug users; Drugs; Female; Health; Humans; Intervention; Male; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; New South Wales; Patient Participation; Psychology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Psychotherapy, Brief - methods; Randomized controlled trials; Social problems; Toxicology; Treatment Outcome; New South Wales; Amphetamine derivatives; Human; Drug addiction; Cognitive therapy; Treatment efficiency; Amfetamine; Clinical trial; Controlled therapeutic trial; Cognition; Behavior therapy; Brief intervention

Aims. To identify whether brief cognitive‐behavioural interventions are feasible among regular users of amphetamine, to assess the effectiveness of intervention overall and to pilot two‐ and four‐session interventions. 
Design. Subjects were assigned randomly to individually receive a cognitive‐beha...