Open AccessA Pilot Test of a Mobile App for Drug Court Participants
Author(s) -
Kimberly Johnson,
Stephanie Richards,
MingYuan Chih,
Tae Joon Moon,
Hilary Curtis,
David H. Gustafson
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
substance abuse research and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.027
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1178-2218
DOI - 10.4137/sart.s33390
Subject(s) - drug court , mobile apps , substance abuse , criminal justice , test (biology) , pilot program , psychology , drug treatment , pilot test , economic justice , drug user , internet privacy , psychiatry , drug , medical education , medicine , applied psychology , computer science , criminology , world wide web , political science , paleontology , biology , law
The U.S. criminal justice system refers more people to substance abuse treatment than any other system. Low treatment completion rates and high relapse rates among addicted offenders highlight the need for better substance use disorder treatment and recovery tools. Mobile health applications (apps) may fill that need by providing continuous support. In this pilot test, 30 participants in a Massachusetts drug court program used A-CHESS, a mobile app for recovery support and relapse prevention, over a four-month period. Over the course of the study period, participants opened A-CHESS on average of 62% of the days that they had the app. Social networking tools were the most utilized services. The study results suggest that drug court participants will make regular use of a recovery support app. This pilot study sought to find out if addicted offenders in a drug court program would use a mobile application to support and manage their recovery.
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