TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Randomized controlled trial of solution-focused brief therapy for substance-use-disorder-affected parents involved in the child welfare system
JO  - Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
A1  - Kim, Johnny S.
A1  - Brook, Jody
A1  - Akin, Becci
SP  - 545
EP  - 568
VL  - 12
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2334-2315
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/715892
ID  - ref1
ER  -