Monday, May 11, 2009

Working From Home??

Hey- maybe I will someday be able to sit at home and do counseling in my slippers:

Study Finds Online Drug Treatment Effective
Join Together Online www.jointogether.org April 22, 2009

Research Summary

Online drug-treatment programs could be as effective in the short-term as traditional in-person counseling, according to new research from Johns Hopkins and the Institute for Behavior Resources in Baltimore, the Baltimore Sun reported April 19.

Thirty-seven study participants enrolled in a methadone program were divided into two groups: a traditional counseling group and one that met via online video conferencing. Researchers reported the attendance of the online eGetGoing participants after six weeks was 90 percent, compared with 76 percent for the traditional treatment group.

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