@article{ref1,
title="Randomized controlled trial of solution-focused brief therapy for substance-use-disorder-affected parents involved in the child welfare system",
journal="Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research",
year="2021",
author="Kim, Johnny S. and Brook, Jody and Akin, Becci",
volume="12",
number="3",
pages="545-568",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) has shown promise as an effective intervention with substance-abusing adults. This study expands on a preliminary study by Kim et al. (2018) by examining the results from the complete sample on substance abuse and trauma-related problems.  METHOD: Child-welfare-involved parents were randomly assigned to either the SFBT (N 590) or treatment-as-usual (N 589) control group. Mixed linear models tested changes using intent-to-treat analysis, and effect sizes examined the magnitude of treatment effects.   RESULTS: Both the SFBT and control groups decreased on most of the Addiction Severity Index-SR (ASI-SR) measures and on all Trauma Symptom Checklist-40 (TSC-40) measures, indicating improvements. Between-group effect sizes favored the control group for two ASI-SR sub-scales--medical status and drug use--and favored SFBT for the TSC-40 subscale measures, although none was statistically significant except for the TSC-40 depression subscale.   CONCLUSIONS: Further exploration of SFBT as an intervention to treat substance abuse and trauma among parents involved in the child welfare system is warranted.   K E Y W O R D S : solution-focused brief therapy, randomized controlled trial, substance abuse, trauma, child welfare<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2334-2315",
doi="10.1086/715892",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/715892"
}