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Treatment Effects of Seeking Safety on Substance Use Disorders: Additional Treatment Effects of a Co-Occurring Treatment Method

Presenter Hometown

Athens

Major

Clinical Psychology

Department

Psychology

Degree

Graduate

Mentor

Richard Osbaldiston

Mentor Department

Psychology

Abstract

According to the National Institute for Health, 10% of US adults have had a drug use disorder at some point in their lives, and up to 75% of those people have not received any form of treatment. Seeking Safety is an evidenced-based treatment that works to treat trauma-related symptoms for those with a co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with a drug use disorder. As such, the impact of this treatment method on drug use is not well understood. The purpose of the present study is to examine if Seeking Safety results in a decrease of substance use. To evaluate this, we conducted a meta-analysis using nine studies located from the database PsycInfo (total sample size N = 454). The results of this study showed a moderate effect size, Cohen’s d = -0.60, between receiving the Seeking Safety treatment and substance use. From this finding, we conclude that the Seeking Safety treatment is effective in addressing substance use in clients with trauma-related disorders. This study provides insight into how treatment methods for a co-occurring disorder can aid in treatment for both conditions.

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Treatment Effects of Seeking Safety on Substance Use Disorders: Additional Treatment Effects of a Co-Occurring Treatment Method

According to the National Institute for Health, 10% of US adults have had a drug use disorder at some point in their lives, and up to 75% of those people have not received any form of treatment. Seeking Safety is an evidenced-based treatment that works to treat trauma-related symptoms for those with a co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with a drug use disorder. As such, the impact of this treatment method on drug use is not well understood. The purpose of the present study is to examine if Seeking Safety results in a decrease of substance use. To evaluate this, we conducted a meta-analysis using nine studies located from the database PsycInfo (total sample size N = 454). The results of this study showed a moderate effect size, Cohen’s d = -0.60, between receiving the Seeking Safety treatment and substance use. From this finding, we conclude that the Seeking Safety treatment is effective in addressing substance use in clients with trauma-related disorders. This study provides insight into how treatment methods for a co-occurring disorder can aid in treatment for both conditions.