Women's Treatment for Trauma and Substance Use Disorders - 1

Women's Treatment for Trauma and Substance Use Disorders

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of adding Seeking Safety to standard substance abuse treatment to adding a control condition: Women's Health Education to standard substance abuse treatment.

Inclusion Criteria - Women with a diagnosis of substance abuse or dependence who also have either full or sub-threshold DSM-IV PTSD.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Women will be excluded from the study who have current psychotic disorders, or a history of active psychosis (past two months); women with a diagnosis of substance abuse or dependence who also have either full or sub-threshold DSM-IV PTSD; and women who have current psychotic disorders, or a history of active psychosis (past two months).