Treatment Type Categories, Acronyms, and Treatment Descriptions for the Treatments in the Group Differences Meta-analysis.
| General Treatment Type (Acronym) |
Description |
|---|---|
| Behavioral therapy | Behavioral or contingency management therapy based on the principles of rewards, punishment, and reinforcement |
| Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (ACRA) (k = 3; n = 10) |
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| Generic behavioral (k = 1; n = 1) | |
| Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) |
Therapy that helps clients recognize situations in which they are most likely to use, and how to avoid and appropriately cope with those situations |
| Generic CBT (k = 14; n = 43) | |
| Family therapy | Therapy involving one or more family members that addresses family relationships and processes and seeks to understand individual behavior within the context of the family |
| Family Support Network (FSN) (k = 2; n = 4) | |
| Functional Family Therapy (FFT) (k = 5; n = 15) | |
| Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) (k = 7; n = 20) | |
| Multisystemic Therapy (MST) (k = 5; n = 26) | |
| Generic family therapy (k = 5; n = 21) | |
| Group/mixed counseling | Generic counseling or ‘talk therapy’ delivered in multiple formats (group, individual, family) focusing on day to day life issues that does not fall in other clearly defined treatment categories |
| Chestnut Health Systems Outpatient (CHS) (k = 4; n = 4) | |
| Seven Challenges (7-C) (k = 1; n = 2) | |
| Generic multi-service Package (k = 1; n = 6) | |
| Generic group/mixed (k = 13; n = 64 ) | |
| Motivational enhancement therapy/motivational interviewing (MET) |
Therapy using the motivational enhancement/interviewing strategies that use reflective listening, open ended strategies, and comparisons of behavior to normative standards |
| Generic MET (k = 17; n = 70) | |
| Motivational enhancement + cognitive behavioral therapy (MET/CBT) |
Therapy that combines MET and CBT therapeutic strategies |
| MET/CBT-5 (k = 3; n = 6) | |
| MET/CBT-7 (k = 5; n = 5) | |
| MET/CBT-12 (k = 1; n = 2) | |
| Generic MET/CBT (k = 5; n =12) | |
| Psychoeducational therapy (PET) |
Educational therapy that teaches clients about substance abuse and substance-related issues |
| Generic PET (k = 19; n = 55) | |
| Pharmacological therapy | Therapy employing psychoactive drugs to affect thinking, feeling, or behaviors |
| Pemoline (k = 1; n = 2) | |
| Acamprosate (k = 1; n = 2) | |
| Fluoxetine (k = 1; n = 1) | |
| Disulfiram (k = 1; n = 2) | |
| Cyanamide (k = 1; n = 2) | |
| Tianeptine (k = 1; n = 2) | |
| Naltrexone (k = 1; n = 2) | |
| Skills training | General skills training treatment program that does not fall in another clearly defined treatment category |
| Relaxation skills training (k = 1; n = 2) | |
| Practice as Usual | Comparison groups receiving practice as usual – generally includes community treatment or case management received as standard practice as opposed to the treatment program of interest. |
| Generic practice as usual (k = 7; n = 43) | |
| No treatment condition (No Tx) |
Group received no clearly specified treatment or intervention |
| No Treatment (k = 14; n = 71) |