[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38671-38672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14017]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a list of information collection 
requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these documents, call 
the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-7978.
    The Persistent Effects of Treatment Studies (PETS)--(OMB No. 0930-
0202, revision)--SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) 
is requesting an extension and revision of OMB approval to allow for 
completion of data collection in two studies being conducted under the 
PETS program. CSAT has developed PETS as a family of coordinated 
studies that evaluates the outcomes of drug and alcohol treatment 
received through a wide range of publicly funded programs. Populations 
being studied are diverse in the nature and severity of their substance 
abuse and in their personal characteristics and circumstances. The 
conceptual underpinning of the PETS studies is a recognition that 
substance abuse disorders, while variable in their manifestations, are 
often chronic and prone to relapse. PETS focuses on the longitudinal 
course of substance abuse and treatment. While most previous outcome 
studies in the field have examined changes taking place for only 
several months after a particular treatment episode, PETS looks at 
outcomes over a longer time period of three years or more. In the 
context of the client's life history, careful attention has been given 
to the stage in his or her experience of substance abuse and treatment 
to what has preceded their current treatment episode, and to any 
sequence of aftercare, relapse, and subsequent treatment that may 
follow.
    The PETS Chicago study continues data collection activities 
initiated under a grant to local investigators as part of CSAT's Target 
Cities project. This study will collect two- to six-year treatment 
followup data on a sample of clients originally assessed for treatment 
services at any of 22 service delivery units on Chicago's West Side. An 
interview 72 months after admission to treatment is being added for one 
of the two study cohorts.
    The PETS Longer-term Adolescent Study builds upon CSAT's adolescent 
substance abuse treatment outcome studies in the Adolescent Treatment 
Models (ATM) and Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) grant programs. This 
study includes all four CYT sites and three first-round ATM sites, and 
will collect followup interviews for as long as 30 months after 
admission to treatment. The extension will allow completion of data 
collection in the last three sites.
    CSAT is conducting these studies in order to develop a better 
understanding of the longer-term outcomes for adults and adolescents 
receiving substance abuse treatment and factors that influence these 
outcomes. The information will be used to refine treatment approaches 
for these populations. The tables that follow summarize the burden for 
the one-year period of data collection for which approval will be 
sought.

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                                       Number of respondents
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         Adult study             48-month     60-month     72-month      respondent       response      burden
                                interview    interview    interview                       (hours)      (hours)
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Chicago......................           15          229          289                 1          1.5          801
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                                              Number of respondents                       Burden/       Total
            Adolescent studies             --------------------------    Responses/       response      burden
                                              24-month     30-month      respondent       (hours)      (hours)
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3 site total..............................           30          183                 1         1.85          395
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Lauren Wittenberg, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: May 28, 2002.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 02-14017 Filed 6-4-02; 8:45 am]
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