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Solution‐Focused Group Therapy for Level 1 Substance Abusers
Author(s) -
Smock Sara A.,
Trepper Terry S.,
Wetchler Joseph L.,
McCollum Eric E.,
Ray Rose,
Pierce Kent
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2008.00056.x
Subject(s) - solution focused brief therapy , group psychotherapy , beck depression inventory , clinical psychology , confounding , substance abuse treatment , psychology , psychotherapist , outcome (game theory) , depression (economics) , substance abuse , psychiatry , medicine , physical therapy , anxiety , mathematics , mathematical economics , economics , macroeconomics
The present study compared solution‐focused group therapy (SFGT) with a traditional problem‐focused treatment for level 1 substance abusers. Outcome research on the effectiveness of solution‐focused group therapy is minimal, especially in treating substance abusers. In the present study, clients were measured before and after treatment to determine therapeutic effectiveness. Clients in the solution‐focused group significantly improved on both the Beck Depression Inventory and the Outcome Questionnaire. The clients in the comparison group did not improve significantly on either measure. Therapist skill level and adherence to theoretical models were measured in each group to reduce confounding variables.