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. 2008;34(5):594-602.
doi: 10.1080/00952990802304980.

High psychiatric symptom severity is a moderator of substance abuse treatment outcomes among women in single vs. mixed gender group treatment

Shelly F Greenfield  1 , Jennifer Sharpe Potter, Melissa F Lincoln, Rebecca E Popuch, Laura Kuper, Robert J Gallop
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High psychiatric symptom severity is a moderator of substance abuse treatment outcomes among women in single vs. mixed gender group treatment

Shelly F Greenfield et al. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2008.

Abstract

Objective: This exploratory study examined psychiatric symptom severity as a moderator of outcomes among women receiving either the Women's Recovery Group (WRG), a new manualized group treatment for substance use disorders combining single-gender group composition and women-focused content, or Group Drug Counseling (GDC), an empirically supported mixed-gender group treatment.

Methods: We used a mixed model analysis of variance.

Results: We found a significant 3-way interaction effect of treatment condition, time, and baseline Brief Symptom Inventory scores as well as Beck Depression Inventory scores.

Conclusion: Single-gender group treatment may confer added benefit for women with substance abuse and high psychiatric symptom severity than mixed-gender treatment.

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