Table 7:

Comparison of patient history: UNC Horizons (United States), Lua Nova (Brazil), and Casa Santa Clara (Argentina) substance use treatment programs.

	UNC Horizons (United States) n=126 n (%)	Lua Nova (Brazil) n=53 n (%)	Casa Santa Clara (Argentina) n=23 n (%)	χ2	df	p
Mandated to treatment	43 (34%)	13 (25%)	2 (9%)	5.9	2	.052
History of prior arrest	96 (76%)	7 (13%)	0	64.4	1	<.0001
History of incarceration	62 (49%)	0	0	--
Probation court supervision	31 (25%)	0	0	--
Psychoactive substance abuse or dependence				63.3	3	<.0001
Neither	0	17 (32%)	5 (22%)
Abuse*	23 (18%)	28 (53%)	15 (65%)
Dependence*	103 (82%)	8 (15%)	3 (13%)
Primary substance of addiction				18.5	3	.0003
Opioids	36 (29%)	0	00
Cocaine	37 (29%)	17 (32%)	5 (22%)
Alcohol	30 (24%)	0	16 (70%)
Cannabis	21 (17%)	36 (68%)	9 (39%)
Other	2 (2%)	0	0
Family history of substance use
Family of origin substance use problem	98 (78%)	18 (15%)	13 (57%)	28.8	2	<.001
Current partner has a substance use problem	28 (37%)	26 (49%)	15 (65%)	21.3	2	<.001
Previous treatment for substance use	73 (58%)	0	4 (18%)	10.5	1	.001
Lifetime history of mental health treatment	88 (70%)	10 (19%)	2 (9%)	45.0	2	<.001
Eating-disorder behavior(s)	26 (21%)	0	0	--	--	--
Reported feelings of wanting to hurt themselves	45 (55%)	2 (4%)	2 (9%)	17.1	2	<.001
Reported physical acts of hurting themselves	27 (21%)	2 (4%)	2 (9%)	8.0	2	.02
Reported one or more suicide attempts	37 (29%)	3 (6%)	3 (9%)	12.9	2	.002
Childhood Physical Abuse	40 (32%)	53 (100%)	9 (39%)	.5	1	.49
Sexual Abuse				16.4	3	.0009
None reported	71 (56%)	41 (77%)	0
Age 12 or under	33 (26%)	2 (4%)	0
Between 13 and 18 years old	11 (9%)	7 (13%)	5 (22%)
After age 18 years old	11 (9%)	3 (6%)	0
Domestic violence
Lifetime history	70 (56%)	18 (34%)	19 (82%)	42.9	2	<.0001
Felt unsafe with their current partner	18 (26%)	5 (9%)	4 (18%)	100.2	2	<.0001

^*Abuse and dependence as defined in DSM-IV