Enhancing Validity in Co-occurring Disorders Treatment Research | Zendy

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Enhancing Validity in Co-occurring Disorders Treatment Research

Author(s) -

Gregory J. McHugo,

R. E. Drake,

Mary F. Brunette,

Haiyi Xie,

S. M. Essock,

A. I. Green

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

schizophrenia bulletin

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.823

H-Index - 190

eISSN - 1745-1707

pISSN - 0586-7614

DOI - 10.1093/schbul/sbl009

Subject(s) - external validity , psychological intervention , internal validity , substance abuse , mental health , psychology , substance use , psychiatry , population , clinical psychology , substance abuse treatment , medicine , social psychology , environmental health , pathology

Despite the high prevalence of co-occurring mental health and substance-use disorders, there has been a relative lack of treatment research with this population, and the existing research often has limited validity. This article explores some of the barriers to the conduct of research on promising interventions for substance-abuse treatment for people with co-occurring disorders, using the concepts of external and ecological validity to make recommendations for future investigation. The central recommendation is to move rapidly from efficacy studies to more credible and valid effectiveness studies, in order to facilitate the adoption of evidence-based interventions in routine practice settings.

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