Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: AA Linkage for Alcohol Abusing Women Leaving Jail
Brief Summary: The primary aims of this study are to test the hypotheses that among alcohol abusing and dependent jailed women returning to the community, adding an Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) linkage intervention will result in less alcohol use at follow-up, increased AA attendance once released, and decreased HIV/STI sexual risk behavior. Additionally, this study seeks to test the hypotheses that increased AA attendance will mediate the effect of the AA linkage intervention on alcohol use and that percent days abstinent will mediate the effect of the intervention on HIV/STI sexual risk-taking outcomes.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria - Women with a diagnosis of substance abuse or dependence who also have either full or sub-threshold DSM-IV PTSD.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Women will be excluded from the study who have current psychotic disorders, or a history of active psychosis (past two months); women with a diagnosis of substance abuse or dependence who also have either full or sub-threshold DSM-IV PTSD; and women who have current psychotic disorders, or a history of active psychosis (past two months).
B: Inclusion Criteria:

To be eligible for the study participants must:

1. Be 18 years or older
2. Live in RI or MA within 20 miles of Providence and plan to remain in the area for the next 6 months
3. Meet DSM-IV criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence in the last six months
4. Do not expect to attend residential alcohol or drug treatment upon release
5. Report STI/HIV sexual risk defined as unprotected heterosexual sex at least three times in the three months prior to incarceration
6. Speak English.
7. Be currently held at the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institutions Jail facility

Women will be excluded from participation if they:

1. Cannot provide the name of at least two locator persons who will know where they can be found.
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Male and female inpatients 18 years of age or older.
* Participants will have a current DSM-IV diagnosis of alcohol abuse or dependence.
* Able to understand/speak English
* Participants will have signed a witnessed informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Cognitive impairment (e.g., mental retardation)
* Participants who meet current DSM-IV criteria for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or dementia
* Participants who are homeless, without contact person
* Participants enrolled in a methadone maintenance treatment program.
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* completion or scheduled completion (i.e., within 2 weeks) of Inpatient or Intensive Outpatient treatment
* fluency in English
* enrollment in a substance abuse aftercare program
* medical clearance by referring provider
* willingness to accept random assignment to treatment condition

Exclusion Criteria:

* already participated in the pilot MBRP trial conducted by this research team
* participation in the comorbid disorders or relapse prevention groups offered at partner agency
* comorbid psychosis (including schizophrenia, schizoaffective or other schizophreniform disorder)and/or dementia, acute suicidality/intent to harm others, severe cognitive impairment, and high risk of withdrawal or medical complications stemming from relapse which would require a higher level of care.

Answer: B