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Self-guided online therapeutic assessment in substance abuse care: A Conflict Analysis implementation and feasibility
Maxwell Levis1,2, Dana J Ludmer3, Brian Shiner1,2
1Veterans Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction, VT, USA.
Abstract:
"Michael" is a 60-year-old Black male receiving substance abuse treatment at a Veterans Affairs hospital. As part of Michael's care, he participated in an implementation and feasibility trial evaluating Conflict Analysis (CA), a self-guided online therapeutic assessment. CA leverages innovative diagnostic and therapeutic resources to improve client engagement and therapeutic achievement. CA employs narrative formats, encouraging patients to frame experiences within personal vocabulary, and provides personalized feedback automatically extracted from patient responses. CA is self-guided, widely accessible, and has few costs. Paper presents Michael's protocol, associated therapeutic outcome measures, and psychologist's evaluation of CA benefits. Michael completed brief online CA deployment containing a wellness-based personality inventory, four narrative tasks, and an interactive feedback template. Michael completed insight, stress, depression, wellbeing, and perceived diagnostic and therapeutic benefit measures at baseline, post, and three-week follow-up. Interventions took 2.5 h. Attending psychologist reviewed CA protocols and completed diagnostic and therapeutic questionnaires. Michael's record identifies elevated dominance. Protocol highlights Michael's drinking as mechanism to lessen social anxieties, anger, and competitiveness. Results suggest CA encouraged increased motivation to change, treatment engagement, and reduced depression. Psychologist rated benefit at maximum threshold. Implications include improving assessment efficacy, increasing online care opportunities, and expanding CA research.
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