RESEARCH
AT TRI
Investigators at the Treatment Research Institute are dedicated to the advancement of treatment effectiveness in substance abuse through research and dissemination. In academic and real-world settings, TRI scientists conduct original research and evaluate the findings of their peers to identify what works and what doesn’t in substance abuse treatment.
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Behavioral Interventions
Research shows that giving a reward to patients each time they provide a clean urine sample helps motivate them to remain abstinent and stay in treatment. Yet most treatment providers do not use reward systems. In the Behavioral Interventions Research Section, TRI investigators have developed the Survey of Counselors' Perceptions and are administering it to treatment directors and counselors to determine whether failure to use rewards or other motivational strategies arises from negative personal attitudes, financial issues, or other considerations. In other studies, TRI scientists are developing a community reinforcement intervention that uses religious communities to provide social incentives for abstinence and experimenting with other reward systems to evaluate their impact on long-term treatment outcomes. The Significant Others Survey developed by TRI is being administered to parents or partners of adult drug users. Once validated, this instrument will eventually allow counselors to quickly and comprehensively assess the problems of family members and potentially enlist them in the treatment of their loved ones.
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