Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Randomized Controlled Trial on Women's Substance Abuse Treatment
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of a gender-focused addiction treatment model (A Woman's Path to Recovery) versus a non-gender focused addiction treatment model (12-Step Facilitation) in a sample of women Veterans with substance use disorder.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Female Veteran
* 18-65 years of age
* Meet DSM-IV criteria for current SUD with "current" defined as meeting SUD criteria per the DSM-IV and having used a substance within the 90 days prior to intake (to be able to accurately evaluate changes in their substance use from baseline)
* Plan to stay in the Boston area for the next 6 months
* Have a mailing address and live close enough to come to the hospital once weekly for treatment and/or assessment
* Able to complete the Statement of Informed Consent
* Willing to participate in all assessments and breathalyzer/urine testing
* Willing to provide a release of information such that study staff can contact her other providers as needed regarding any concerns during her participation
* Able to obtain medical clearance
* Willing to allow us to contact family and/or friends if participant loses contact with us
* Literate
* Not pregnant or planning to become pregnant

Exclusion Criteria:

* Any acute medical condition that would interfere with the participant's ability to participate in treatment, or would be of such severity as to affect the individual's psychological functioning (e.g., cancer)
* Current bipolar I disorder, schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders or mental retardation or organic mental disorder (determined by screening interview)
* Any clinical sign that the client is not sufficiently stable to participate in the treatment, such as client's treatment provider indicating that participation in the treatment would be contraindicated
* Dangerousness that would present a threat to other staff or other clients (e.g., history of recent assault)
* Client is mandated to treatment
* Psychopharmacologic treatment that is planned to change or likely to change substantively over the 3-month active treatment phase (with "substantive" defined as any addition of a new medication or major shift in dosage)
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* report heroin use

Exclusion Criteria:

* report current suicidal or homicidal ideation;
* have a severe psychiatric disorder
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18-50 year old
* cocaine dependent
* willing to sign consent
* willing to accept randomization to intervention

Exclusion Criteria:

* significant medical conditions
* psychiatric disorder with current use of prescribed psychotropic medication
* lifetime schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
* suicidality or homicidality
* unlikely to be able to complete 1 year follow up
* unable to speak or read English at a third grade level
D: Inclusion Criteria:

1. diagnosed MA dependence in accordance with the fourth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) (Association, 2000);
2. more than 9 years of education;
3. aged of 18-60 years old;
4. normal vision, audition and no color blindness;
5. receive no detoxification medications during treatment and
6. right handedness.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. current medical diseases that required hospitalization or regular monitoring;
2. serious physical or neurological illness that required pharmacological treatment affecting cognitive function;
3. history of major psychiatric disorder such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression and disorders of high comorbidity with substance abuse/dependence;
4. neurological diseases such as stroke, seizure, migraine, head trauma
5. substance dependence other than nicotine, within the past 5 years;
6. intelligence quotient (IQ) \<70.

Answer: A