TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychosocial treatment for incarcerated methamphetamine users: the Philippines experience
AU - Hechanova, Ma Regina M
AU - Reyes, Jennel C
AU - Acosta, Avegale C
AU - Tuliao, Antover
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - PurposeThe purpose of this study is to evaluate a psychosocial treatment program for prisoners incarcerated because of methamphetamine use. It compared the outcomes of prisoners who received the program while incarcerated, those who were released and received the treatment as part of community-based drug recovery program and a waitlist-control group (WC) with no treatment.Design/methodology/approachA quasi-experimental design was use with pre- and post-test surveys administered to three groups: a WC group, a pre-release treatment-while-incarcerated (TWI) group, and a post-release outpatient treatment group (OP). Surveys measured recovery skills, life skills and substance use disorder (SUD) symptoms were administered before and after the intervention.FindingsResults revealed that at baseline OP and TWI had significant higher recovery skills compared to WC group. However, in terms of life skills, there was no significant difference observed among the WC, OP and TWI group at base
AB - PurposeThe purpose of this study is to evaluate a psychosocial treatment program for prisoners incarcerated because of methamphetamine use. It compared the outcomes of prisoners who received the program while incarcerated, those who were released and received the treatment as part of community-based drug recovery program and a waitlist-control group (WC) with no treatment.Design/methodology/approachA quasi-experimental design was use with pre- and post-test surveys administered to three groups: a WC group, a pre-release treatment-while-incarcerated (TWI) group, and a post-release outpatient treatment group (OP). Surveys measured recovery skills, life skills and substance use disorder (SUD) symptoms were administered before and after the intervention.FindingsResults revealed that at baseline OP and TWI had significant higher recovery skills compared to WC group. However, in terms of life skills, there was no significant difference observed among the WC, OP and TWI group at base
U2 - 10.1108/IJPH-09-2019-0044/full/html
DO - 10.1108/IJPH-09-2019-0044/full/html
M3 - Article
SP - 343
EP - 358
JO - International Journal of Prisoner Health
JF - International Journal of Prisoner Health
SN - 1744-9200
ER -