• Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse · Jan 2008

    High psychiatric symptom severity is a moderator of substance abuse treatment outcomes among women in single vs. mixed gender group treatment.

    • Shelly F Greenfield, Jennifer Sharpe Potter, Melissa F Lincoln, Rebecca E Popuch, Laura Kuper, and Robert J Gallop.
    • Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts 02478, USA. sgreenfield@mclean.harvard.edu
    • Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2008 Jan 1; 34 (5): 594-602.

    ObjectiveThis exploratory study examined psychiatric symptom severity as a moderator of outcomes among women receiving either the Women's Recovery Group (WRG), a new manualized group treatment for substance use disorders combining single-gender group composition and women-focused content, or Group Drug Counseling (GDC), an empirically supported mixed-gender group treatment.MethodsWe used a mixed model analysis of variance.ResultsWe found a significant 3-way interaction effect of treatment condition, time, and baseline Brief Symptom Inventory scores as well as Beck Depression Inventory scores.ConclusionSingle-gender group treatment may confer added benefit for women with substance abuse and high psychiatric symptom severity than mixed-gender treatment.

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