Background: Many female substance use patients have experienced violence in the past, with most estimates showing the majority of patients reporting violent experiences at some point. Prior experience with violence has been linked to increased severity of substance use, and this may contribute to more challenges in the path to recovery.
Objectives: Existing research has confounded the timing at which violence has occurred with the type of violence to which patients have been exposed. The current study was conducted to specify the extent to which the timing of exposure and the type of violence were associated with substance use after discharge from treatment.
Methods: Data were collected from 3,439 female patients included in the Comprehensive Assessment and Treatment Outcome Research (CATOR) system.
Results: With regard to the type of exposure, findings indicated female patients who were exposed to multiple forms of violence (i.e. physical and sexual) displayed the greatest severity of substance use upon treatment initiation, as well as the greatest likelihood for use following discharge from treatment. In terms of the timing, female patients who experienced violence at various time points (i.e. before and after 18 years of age) displayed the greatest severity of substance use, but patients who experienced violence after 18 years of age had the highest probability of substance use following discharge from treatment. Conclusions/Importance: Clinicians should collect information related to these important details as treatment protocols are developed, and as patients are connected to aftercare services to minimize post-treatment substance use.
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