Marijuana Treatment Project #3
Description:
There are many ways to help people deal with marijuana problems. We will evaluate three different approaches.
• Treatment 1 consists of nine individual weekly sessions with a counselor, that will focus on coping skills training and motivation to help you quit and stay abstinent. If you provide drug-free urines you can choose from a selection of prizes. This incentive may help you stay clean and enhance your motivation.
• Treatment 2 consists of nine individual weekly sessions with a counselor, that will also focus on coping skills training and motivation to help you quit and stay abstinent. If you practice coping skills at home, you can choose from a selection of prizes. This incentive may help you stay clean and enhance your motivation.
• Treatment 3 consists of nine individual weekly sessions with a counselor aimed at helping you with life problems that may interfere with your efforts to quit marijuana.
Once before treatment and at follow-up visits, you will be asked to take part in interviews, to complete questionnaires, and to provide urine specimens.
Eligibility:
Participants must be at least 18 yrs. old, dependent on cannabis, and willing to accept random assignment to any one of the three treatment conditions.
Payment:
You will be paid for each of the follow-up assessements.
Contact:
Kara Dion
860-679-4767
Toll-free number
866-895-5727
Dr. Ronald Kadden
860-679-4249
Email: kadden@psychiatry.uchc.edu
Location:
University of Connecticut Health Center
Department of Psychiatry - Suite LG-010
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030-3944
Mailing Address:
Kara Dion, MC3944
University of Connecticut Health Center
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030-3944
Primary Investigator:
Ronald M. Kadden, Ph.D.
IRB #: approved
