Project Description
Persistent Effects of Treatment Study (PETS)
PI: Andrew Morral
Funded by: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
The federal Center for Substance Abuse Treatment has undertaken the "Persistent Effects of Treatment" Study (PETS) to extend the study of treatment effects beyond the single treatment episode or single-year follow-up that is typically the subject of analysis. CSAT is paying special attention within PETS to adolescent substance users, who face maturational problems that their adult counterparts do not. One of the tasks within PETS is being conducted by RAND. It entails an extension to the Adolescent Treatment Models Initiative being conducted in collaboration with the treatment provider Phoenix House. In this initiative, RAND is evaluating Phoenix House's therapeutic-community approach in comparison with other group home approaches to treatment. RAND is determining the types of adolescents that are most helped by extensive social rehabilitation, describing which differences among group homes matter most in terms of the treatment benefits realized, and examining the effects of stay length. Additional funding available through PETS will allow RAND to undertake a long-term follow-up study of adolescents participating in the Adolescent Treatment Models Initiative. This will help in understanding the persistent benefits of treatment and how those benefits vary with the characteristics of the treatment process and of the individuals being treated.
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