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Motivational Interviewing at Intake vs Intake as Usual on Client Engagement in Addiction Treatment

Adapting Intake Procedures to Improve Treatment Delivery in Addiction Treatment

Who can join

Ages 18 and older · All sexes

Inclusion Criteria (client participants):

* English-speaking adults seeking treatment for alcohol or other drug use at one of two outpatient addiction treatment programs
* Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
* Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures
* Physically withdrawn from alcohol or other drugs

Inclusion Criteria (personnel participants):

* English-speaking adults currently employed at one of the two outpatient addiction treatment programs
* Provision of electronic informed consent

Exclusion Criteria (client participants):

* Experiencing severe withdrawal symptoms
* Actively psychotic, manic, and/or suicidal

Exclusion Criteria (personnel participants):

* current position: facility owner or clinical director

About the study

This K23 study is an effectiveness-implementation hybrid type I design to determine the effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing at Intake (MII), relative to intake-as-usual on client engagement and mechanisms of engagement among adults seeking outpatient addiction treatment. We also will obtain personnel feedback on the feasibility of implementing MII into standard practice by having personnel from the addiction treatment study sites complete implementation climate measures before Motivational Interviewing (MI) training and post-clinical trial, as well as an individual interview on implementation feasibility post-trial.

What is being tested

• Motivational Interviewing at Intake (MII) (behavioral)
• Intake as Usual (IAU) (behavioral)

Sponsor: University of New Mexico · Participants: 150 · Started: Mar 16, 2022

Contact the study team

• Margo Hurlocker, PhD · Phone: (505) 596-0578

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05489068

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Drug Use and Addiction

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.