Thinking about the future during early recovery
Part of Mental health clinical trials.
This study looks at how thinking about the future might help people in early recovery from substance use. It recruits people who have been abstinent for 2 weeks to 1 year and are in outpatient treatment.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You have been free from drugs or alcohol for at least 2 weeks but no more than 1 year.
- You are committed to staying in recovery.
- You are in an outpatient treatment program (you don't live at the facility).
- You can understand and read English.
- You do not have any unstable medical or mental health conditions.
- You are not using mu-opioid drugs (like heroin or certain painkillers).
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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