Colin  A. Ross,Melissa  Caldwell Engle,John  Edmonson,Alexis  Garcia,
Reductions in Symptomatology from Admission to Discharge at a Residential Treatment Center for Substance Use Disorders: A Replication Study
Psychological Disorders and Research
2020
2674-2470
http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.PDR.2020.03.01
https://www.sciencerepository.org/reductions-in-symptomatology-from-admission-to-discharge-at-a-residential_PDR-2020-3-101 
Abstract: A replication study of treatment outcomes for patients at a residential treatment center for substance use
disorders was conducted. A set of measures was completed on admission and discharge by 200 patients
admitted to a residential treatment center for substance use disorders. Participants in the replication sample
did not differ from those in the initial sample of 100 on age, gender or average length of stay, or on baseline
scores on the Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire or the Drug Abuse Screening Test. Nor did
they differ on admission or discharge scores on the Dissociative Experiences Scale, the Beck Anxiety
Inventory, the Beck Depression Inventory or the PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version. The results show that
the marked symptom reductions seen in the initial study can be replicated. This is an important step in
ongoing research on treatment outcomes for substance use disorders. The treatment provided was multimodal and trauma-informed and incorporated Twelve Step and other approaches.Keywords: Residential treatment center, substance use disorders, replicated treatment outcome