Job-Seekers Training for Patients With Drug Dependence - 1

Johns Hopkins University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Substance-Related Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: Behavior Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00102362

NIDA-CTN-0020-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of a 12-hour basic job-training program designed to give drug abuse treatment patients the skills they need to find and secure a job and set vocational goals and methods for locating employment. The intervention to be evaluated is modeled after the Job Seekers' Workshop, which was manualized and has been tested in trials.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

• DSM-IV drug/alcohol abuse/dependence
• enrolled in drug treatment for at least 30 days
• unemployed or underemployed
• expressed interest in employment
• demonstrate English comprehension