Psychotherapy Development Research Center

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A variety of training materials and assessment tools are available for order. Each of these items is briefly described below. If you would like to purchase any of them, please click on the ‘Get Order Form Now’ link and follow the directions. (Get Order Form Now)

Training Packages

The Technology Model: An Introduction to Psychotherapy Research in Substance Abuse (manual only); compiled and edited by K. M. Carroll and K. F. Nuro, 1996. This manual focuses on the methods and models currently used to evaluate the effectiveness of psychosocial substance abuse treatments. It covers: 1) specification of treatment in manuals; 2) selection, training, and recruitment of therapists; and 3) monitoring of treatment delivery (assessment of adherence and competence).

Cognitive-Behavioral Coping Skills Treatment for Cocaine Dependence (Spanish version of manual available); compiled and edited by K. M. Carroll, 1997. This training package describes a cognitive-behavioral treatment approach for patients with substance use disorders. The materials cover the cognitive-behavioral conceptualization of cocaine dependence, the structure and format of sessions, and a variety of coping skills that therapists use within this treatment approach.

Twelve Step Facilitation Therapy for Drug Abuse and Dependence (manual and video tape); compiled and edited by S. M. Baker, 1998. This training package describes a substance abuse treatment therapy grounded in the principles of the 12 steps of AA, CA, and NA. The goals of the interventions are to educate patients about the 12-step view of drug abuse and dependence and to facilitate their active participation in AA, CA, and NA. This manual has no official relationship with, or sanction from, any 12-step program.

Compliance Enhancement: A Manual for the Psychopharmacotherapy of Drug Abuse and Dependence (manual and video tape); compiled and edited by K. M. Carroll, S. S. O’Malley, and K. F. Nuro, 1998. This training package presents a standardized psychosocial platform for use in the evaluation of study medications. These materials have been developed chiefly for clinical researchers evaluating pharmacotherapies or psychotherapy-pharmacotherapy combinations in clinical trials with substance abusers. The manual describes general medication compliance-enhancing interventions and overall clinical management and motivation building strategies.

Contingency Management: Using Motivational Incentives to Improve Drug Abuse Treatment (manual and video tape); compiled and edited by N. M. Petry and M. L. Stitzer, 2002. This training package highlights the work of Dr. Nancy Petry and her colleagues on developing lower-cost contingency management interventions and adapting this strategy for use in different substance abuse treatment settings. The materials focus on abstinence and treatment attendance as the targets of contingency management interventions.

Assessment Tools

Yale Adherence and Competence System – Second Edition (YACS-II) (manual and video tape); compiled and edited by K. F. Nuro and colleagues, 2005. The YACS-II assesses therapists’ fidelity to treatment according to the frequency or extent to which therapists delivered the targeted treatments (adherence) and the skill or quality in they implemented specific strategies (competence). It includes fidelity rating items and guidelines in the following areas: assessment, general support, clinical management, 12-step facilitation, cognitive-behavioral therapy, interpersonal therapy, motivational interviewing, and a variety of supplemental areas.

Drug Risk Response Test (DRRT); developed by T. Babuscio and K. M. Carroll, 2007. This assessment gathers information on the client’s anticipated response to several real life situations. These situations evoke a client’s plan to handle high risk situations as well as coping with craving and problem solving. Clients listen to an audiotape of each situation and their response is recorded on a separate tape. A trained technician codes each response into standardized, validated variables. The training videotape and manual on how to administer and code the assessment is available through the PDC.

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