Substance Abuse Research Center Birmingham, AL

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Addiction research fOUNDATION

• www.addictionresearchfoundation.org/

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Our Mission

• The Addiction Research Foundations mission is to
  conduct and support research that improves
  treatment outcomes for persons with substance
  abuse disorders.
• Formed in August 2013, the Foundation strives to
  accomplish its mission through
• Retrospective analysis of treated populations
• Prospective and longitudinal study of treated
  populations
• Development and testing of new assessment
  tools
• Publication and dissemination of relevant
  results
• The Foundation is privately funded. To avoid any
  real or perceived conflicts of interest, the
  Foundation does not accept donations or support
  from the addiction treatment industry,
  pharmaceutical industry, or related associations.

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Addiction Research Foundation seeks to improve
treatment outcomes with the primary goal of
improving post-treatment quality of life through
long-term outcomes research. Foundation research
staff conducted a literature review that
identified gaps in current research related to
addiction treatment outcomes. Current Foundation
research projects are designed to address those
research gaps.
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Research Questions

• The study seeks to answer the following primary
  research questions
• What are facilitators and barriers to patient
  completion of inpatient treatment programs?
• What is the extent of discharge/recovery plans
  generally, and what aspects of discharge/recovery
  plans play a significant role in changing
  substance use and improved quality of life?
• What psychological factors play a role in
  positive treatment outcomes?

FUTURE RESEARCH
The Foundation will use a brief survey to collect
stories from adults who have improved their lives
through their change of substance use. The survey
will be available to the general public and
promoted through our website and other social
media outlets. If you are interested in being
notified when the survey is available, please
join our announcement list.
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Contact us
4126 Autumn Lane, Birmingham, AL 35243 Phone
844-970-4110 Mobile [phone] Email
info_at_addictionresearchfoundation.org Web
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THANK YOU