Evaluation of an Integrated Intensive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Treatment Within Addiction Care

J Behav Health Serv Res. 2020 Jan;47(1):102-112. doi: 10.1007/s11414-019-09657-5.

Abstract

The study aimed to evaluate an integrated intensive cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) group treatment for people with substance-related syndrome in outpatient care and to identify eventual gender differences. The study population consisted of 35 outpatients (18 male, 17 female) at a clinic in Western Sweden. The patients completed a four-month period of intensive group therapy and participated in the data collection at admission and discharge. The data were collected using the following inventories: Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Hopelessness Scale, and Trait Hope Scale. Results showed decreases in anxiety, depression and experience of hopelessness, and increases in self-esteem and hope. In females, the most dramatic improvement was measured for the anxiety and depression attributes, while in males the strongest effect was measured for hope and self-esteem. This study provides clinical evidence of the positive effects of integrated intensive CBT in outpatient care of people with substance-related syndrome.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anxiety / psychology*
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy*
  • Depression / psychology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mental Disorders / psychology*
  • Mental Disorders / therapy
  • Middle Aged
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
  • Psychotherapy, Group
  • Sex Distribution
  • Substance-Related Disorders / psychology*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / therapy
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult