An Integrated Substance Abuse-Domestic Violence (SADV) Treatment Outcome Study

Yale University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Domestic Violence; Substance Abuse

Treatments: Behavioral: Individual Therapy; Behavioral: Individual Drug Counseling manual

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT07140276

10492 (Other Identifier)

RDA018284A (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Investigators will conduct a randomized trial comparing individual SADV to a manualized comparison condition that focuses on substance use only.

Full description

The randomized trial will be informed by previous work developing and refining the interventions and training materials used in the randomized trial.

The focus of this registration is the randomized trial.

Enrollment: 63 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• referred by the courts or probation for treatment of substance use and domestic violence and who
• meet current DSM-IV criteria for substance dependence (alcohol, cocaine and marijuana, and who have used that substance within the 30 days prior to the screening session)
• report physical violence in an intimate relationship (pushing, slapping, kicking) within 30 days prior to screening
• can read English at a 6th grade level.

Exclusion criteria

• Currently in withdrawal from substances and in need of detoxification (such individuals may be re-evaluated following detoxification)
• Have cognitive impairment (a mini mental state score <25)
• Have psychomotor epilepsy (e.g. impulsivity or rage related symptoms secondary to a seizure disorder, as this medical diagnosis is likely to be a confound in the proposed study)
• Have major medical complications such as a head injury/trauma, or HIV dementia that may also be a confound in the study interventions
• Currently receiving either substance abuse or IPV treatment elsewhere
• Have a lifetime history of any psychotic or bipolar disorder
• Currently suicidal or homicidal.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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63 participants in 2 patient groups

Individual SADV Therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Men referred from court and probation for treatment of substance use and domestic violence related problems will receive 12 weeks of individual therapy that focuses on SADV.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Individual Therapy

Manualized comparison condition

Experimental group

Description:

Men referred from court and probation for treatment of substance use and domestic violence related problems will receive 12 weeks of therapy using the manual provided that focuses on substance use only.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Individual Drug Counseling manual