Publications by authors named "Alexandra S Laris"
Article Synopsis
- Among American youth aged 1 to 17, those aged 12 to 17 are the biggest consumers of outpatient mental health services, according to a 2005 national survey.
- The study analyzed factors influencing service use across various treatment settings, finding lifetime depression, anxiety, delinquency, drug dependence, and Medicaid status to be strong predictors.
- While some factors seemed relevant initially, they lost significance when considering other influences, highlighting the need for careful interpretation regarding the study's limitations and its implications for research and policy.
The effects of sponsorship in 12-step treatment of injection drug users.
Drug Alcohol Depend
February 2002
What contributes to sustained abstinence from injection drug use by those who participate in community-based Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is not well understood. We know that sponsorship is a central element in these programs. To investigate the relationship between sponsorship and abstinence, we evaluated NA/AA sponsorship over a 1-year period in a longitudinal study of 500 former and current injection drug users in inner-city Baltimore recruited from the community-at-large, independent of treatment center affiliation.
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