CTN Webinar: Time Line Follow Back (TLFB) Booster.

Published December 16, 2012

CTN Webinar: Time Line Follow Back (TLFB) Booster.

This one-hour webinar, produced by the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) Clinical Coordinating Center for CTN members and the public, explains how the TLFB method is used to collect substance use data, including drug and alcohol use, over a specified time period. It will address the purpose of the TLFB, intoxication syndromes of various drug classes, TLFB preparation and introduction, interview techniques, substance use data collection, and how to use a calendar to capture participant data. The webinar ends with an interview demonstration. The target audience is CTN members and other researchers and clinicians responsible for using the TLFB method to collect participant information in substance abuse research. Presented by Aimee NC Campbell, PhD, MSW (Columbia University, GNY Node). For more resources related to this webinar, as well as other webinars in this series, visit: ctndisseminationlibrary.org

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