Drum-Assisted Recovery Therapy for Native Americans (DARTNA): Results from a Pretest and Focus Groups
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Drum-Assisted Recovery Therapy for Native Americans (DARTNA) is a substance abuse treatment intervention for American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs). This article provides results from 1) an initial pretest of DARTNA provided to 10 AI/AN patients with histories of substance use disorders, and 2) three subsequent focus groups conducted among AI/AN DARTNA pretest participants, substance abuse treatment providers, and the DARTNA Community Advisory Board. These research activities were conducted to finalize the DARTNA treatment manual; participants also provided helpful feedback which will assist toward this goal. Results suggest that DARTNA may be beneficial for AI/ANs with substance use problems.
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DARTNA has been shown to benefit AIANs in recovery, enhance cognition, and decrease physical ailments.
“This drumming intervention has been shown to benefit AIANs in recovery, enhance cognition, and decrease physical ailments [106,107,108].”
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The Results (DARTNA Pretest: Additional Measures; page not available) report improved medical status and physical/functioning scores among pretest completers, supporting possible recovery-related and physical benefits. But the same section says there was no noticeable improvement on the cognitive-function measure. The Discussion also cautions that the pretest was small and had no comparison group, so it does not establish a general benefit for AI/ANs in recovery. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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- Authors
- Dickerson, D., Venner, K., Duran, B., Annon, J., Hale, B., & Funmaker, G.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of New Mexico (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Venue
- American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research
- Published
- 2014
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 35-58
- ISSN
- 0893-5394 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-7731
- PMC
- PMC6064638
- OpenAlex
- W2413190548
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 2.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R25MH084565)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (R34DA040064)
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (R21AT005360)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Health › Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Music Therapy and Health
- Keywords
- American Indians and Alaska Natives, substance use disorders, addiction treatment, drumming, Native American mental health, treatment manual development, community advisory board, patient feedback
- MeSH terms
- Culture, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Gender Identity, Humans, Indians, North American, Male, Middle Aged, Music Therapy, Program Evaluation, Treatment Outcome, Focus Groups, Substance-Related Disorders
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