LTR

Grand Challenges Long Term Recovery Study

The Long Term Recovery study is a project funded by the Indiana University Addictions Grand Challenges Program. The goal is to better understand the experiences of people in long term recovery from Substance Use Disorder so that we can know how to best support those in recovery.

We are seeking those who are in treatment for any Substance Use Disorder at LifeSpring Health Systems or Fairbanks Addiction Treatment Center. You can earn between $210 and $430 for completing the initial and all follow-up interviews.

More information

Contact Katie Shircliff

krshircl@ius.edu
(317) 274-6956

You can also email ltr@iupui.edu.

Individuals in recovery can find and join online support meetings.

After the initial interview, eligible participants will be asked to allow us access to their treatment history and to complete follow up interviews 2-4 times a year for the following next three years. Interviews can be done in person, on the phone, or on video conferencing.

This project is being conducted by a team of researchers from the Department of Psychology at IUPUI, Melissa Fry at IU Southeast Department of Sociology, and Kevin Ladd at IU South Bend Department of Psychology. Misty Gilbert from LifeSpring Health Systems, Mary Jo Rattermann from Fairbanks Addiction Treatment Center, and Jeff Johnson from Pam's Promise are also partners in the project.

Study overview

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for the study, you must be:

18 years or older
In treatment for any Substance Use Disorder at LifeSpring Health Systems or Fairbanks Addiction Treatment Center
Able to understand and complete interviews and surveys in English

Screening process

Phone screening - You will be asked a few questions to see if you meet basic requirements to participate in the study.
Interview - If you are eligible, you will be scheduled to speak with a research assistant either in-person, on the phone, or using telehealth video conference.

What is expected from you?

If you are eligible for the study, you will be invited to visit our lab for two or three experimental sessions where you will do some or all of the following:

Complete a 1-hour initial interview where we will ask you questions about your treatment history for Substance Use Disorder and your personal characteristics.
Allow us to access information in your medical chart about your treatment history at LifeSpring Health Center or Fairbanks Addiction Treatment Center.
Complete short follow-up interviews that will happen 2-4 times per year for up to three years. Interviews may be conducted in-person, online, over the phone, or through video conferencing.

Payment & benefits

Compensation

You will receive up to $430 total—$40 for completing the first interview and $20 for each of the follow-up interviews, and up to $150 in bonuses throughout the study for having completed all study follow-up periods.

Contribution to science

We hope that this study will help us better understand what recovery from Opioid Use Disorder looks like.

Apply

This survey will help us determine if you meet basic requirements to participate in the study.

Please answer accurately and honestly
All information you provide will be kept strictly confidential
At the end of the survey, you will be given the option to provide your contact information, so that the research team can contact you to share the results and more information about the study

Apply now

Contact us

Risk-taking, Impulsivity, Substance Use, and Cognition (RISC) Lab

402 N. Blackford Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
LD 107

On the first floor in the Science (LD) building at the IUPUI campus in downtown Indianapolis, intersection of Michigan Street and Blackford Street.

risclab@iu.edu
(317) 278-6761
RISC Lab website

Principal investigator

Melissa Cyders, Ph.D.