Communal Housing Settings Enhance Substance Abuse Recovery

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ID11022352
AutoresLeonard A Jason (0000-0002-9972-4425, Leonard A. Jason, Bradley D. Olson, and Joseph R. Ferrari are with DePaul University, Chicago, Ill. Anthony T. Lo Sasso is with the University of Illinois, Chicago.), Brad Olson (0000-0002-1328-0713, DePaul University), Bradley D Olson (Leonard A. Jason, Bradley D. Olson, and Joseph R. Ferrari are with DePaul University, Chicago, Ill. Anthony T. Lo Sasso is with the University of Illinois, Chicago.), Joseph R Ferrari (Leonard A. Jason, Bradley D. Olson, and Joseph R. Ferrari are with DePaul University, Chicago, Ill. Anthony T. Lo Sasso is with the University of Illinois, Chicago.), Anthony T Lo Sasso (Leonard A. Jason, Bradley D. Olson, and Joseph R. Ferrari are with DePaul University, Chicago, Ill. Anthony T. Lo Sasso is with the University of Illinois, Chicago.)
Año2006
Volumen96
Número10
Páginas1727-1729
Fecha de publicación2006-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2005.070839
PMID17008561
PMCIDPMC1586125
OpenAlexW2149547370
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas54
Referencias citadas4

Oxford Houses are democratic, mutual help–oriented recovery homes for individuals with substance abuse histories. There are more than 1200 of these houses in the United States, and each home is operated independently by its residents, without help from professional staff. In a recent experiment, 150 individuals in Illinois were randomly assigned to either an Oxford House or usual-care condition (i.e., outpatient treatment or self-help groups) after substance abuse treatment discharge. At the 24-month follow-up, those in the Oxford House condition compared with the usual-care condition had significantly lower substance use, significantly higher monthly income, and significantly lower incarceration rates

Environmental health · Psychiatry · Sociology · Substance abuse · Substance abuse treatment · Substance use · Demography · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes · Gerontology