Open Call for Study Participants
Help yourself, your loved one, your family…and science!
Current study openings
For family members wanting to learn CRAFT-based approaches to help their own families…
As of April 7th, 2026 we are not aware of any CRAFT-based studies who are looking for concerned family member participation. We will update this page, and make an announcement on the Family Events Newsletter, for any new studies that we become aware of!
Know of a CRAFT-based research study that isn’t listed? Let us know! We’d want to help spread the word!!
This opportunity has ended: “Seeking Concerned Family Members to Receive Low or No-cost CRAFT sessions from Professionals enrolled in a Training Study”
We The Village: Study facilitated by Jane Macky
Study Ending Spring of 2026
Low or No Cost CRAFT services • Online
This opportunity has ended as of April 7th, 2026. Thanks to all who participated!
Why participate in research?
Aside from the personal benefits of receiving free (and excellent!!) CRAFT care, (and even financial reimbursement offered through McLean’s study), there is an even greater good that is served when family members enroll in research studies like the ones listed above.
Research is a way of systematically comparing approaches while eliminating or accounting for as many variables as possible.
The reason why we know CRAFT works for so many families is because researchers have measured the effects… again and again and again!! Multiple studies have compared CRAFT against several other popularly used models… and found CRAFT to be effective (and in some cases highly superior) for encouraging a loved one towards treatment, reducing their use over time, and/or increasing the families wellbeing. There’s even studies that found that loved ones whose family learn CRAFT stayed in treatment longer!
To do research on CRAFT or CRAFT-based approaches we need people who are willing to participate in that research.
The more research we have on the effects of CRAFT, and the more people who are willing to participate in that research, the better and more robust the information becomes about what is actually helpful to families and their loved ones.
And this is where you come in! If you, or someone else you know, might possibly be eligible to participate in either of these studies, please reach out to the researchers to learn more. It not only helps you, your loved one, and your family. It also helps the field as a whole!