The research objective is to develop needs assessment and evaluation models for eap planners to better target their services. the evaluation model will enable an eap to assess the impact of their services upon health-related employee attitudes and behaviors. the core instrument will include… More

The overall project goal is to standardize the administration process and promote the appropriate use of the addiction severity index (asi) in substance-use treatment and research. the asi is the most widely used structured clinical interview protocol in the field. when used by a trained technician,… More

The goal of the project is to develop a summative evaluationprocess for substance abuse treatment programs. the evaluation design is unique in providing for (1) baseline co-morbidity measures, (2) measures of services provided to the client, and (3) six month post-discharge follow-up with… More

Reliable and valid estimates of the prevalence of substance abuse are crucial to effective policy development, prevention, and evaluation in schools and in the workplace. numerous methods for deriving these estimates have been tried, but all have significant flaws: under-reporting, obtrusiveness,… More

Our objective is to develop an Outpatient Mental Health Tracking System (OMHTS) to monitor the progress of psychotherapy patients with respect to symptoms, functioning and subjective well being. The OMHTS will consist of the following: (1) battery of measures providing for patient self-report and… More