Kathleen M. Carroll|Steve Martino|Samuel A. Ball|Charla Nich|Tami L. Frankforter|Luis M. Añez|Manuel Paris|Lourdes Suarez?Morales|José Szapocznik|William R. Miller|Carmen La Rosa|Julie Matthews|Chris Farentinos
A multisite randomized effectiveness trial of motivational enhancement therapy for Spanish-speaking substance users.
Yale University
hispanic individuals underrepresented clinical research populations often excluded clinical trials united states hence data effectiveness empirically validated therapies hispanic substance users authors conducted multisite randomized trial comparing effectiveness 3 individual sessions motivational enhancement therapy 3 individual sessions counseling usual treatment retention frequency substance use assessment treatment sessions conducted spanish among 405 individuals seeking treatment type current substance use treatment exposure good 66 participants completing 3 protocol sessions although interventions resulted reductions substance use 4week therapy phase significant treatment condition x time interactions site x treatment condition interactions results suggest individual treatments delivered spanish attractive effective heterogeneous group hispanic adults differential effectiveness motivational enhancement therapy may limited whose primary substance use problem alcohol may fairly modest magnitude