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Peer Delivered Episodic Future Thinking to Improve MOUD Treatment Engagement Among Returning Citizens - A Randomized Controlled Trial
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Elongating Time HOrizons for Reentry (ETHoR) and Standardized Episodic Thinking (SET) for Behavior, Health. Completed, enrolled 40 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The goal of this study is to examine the effectiveness of a brief, episodic future thinking (EFT) intervention in a substance use treatment setting serving returning citizens with substance use disorders (SUD). The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Determine preliminary implementation potential of the EFT intervention, including acceptability and feasibility of conducting the intervention. 2. Examine the preliminary effectiveness of this approach, with a specific focus on patient outcomes, including changes in delay discounting, treatment retention, treatment motivation, and substance use. Participants will be asked to participant in pre and post assessment questionnaires, participate in a single-episode brief intervention followed by tailored phone call follow-ups.
Study Details
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Interventions
The adapted episodic future thinking (EFT) intervention will focus on generation of vivid, substance-free, rewarding events that could happen in an incarceration free future.
In the standardized episodic thinking (SET) condition, the participant will instead describe in vivid details events that have occurred in the recent past.