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Family–oriented treatment for people with alcohol problems in Ireland: a comparison of the effectiveness of residential and community–based programmes
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Residential and community-based programmes for people with alcohol problems in Ireland: A comparison of treatment effectiveness
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Date Issued
2003-02
Date Available
2014-01-28T09:22:56Z
Abstract
Using a naturalistic design involving consecutive referrals self-selected for family-oriented treatment, 42 participants from a residential programme and 25 participants from a community-based programme were assessed on a range of alcohol-use and psychosocial measures before treatment. A proportion of these cases were assessed after treatment and at 6 months follow-up. At six months follow-up 79% of both the residential and community groups were either abstinent or drinking moderately. However, more members of the residential group (75%) were abstinent at follow-up compared with the community group (36%). In contrast, more members of the community group were moderate drinkers (43%) at follow-up compared with the residential group (4%). At six months follow-up, compared with the community group, more members of the residential group showed a clinically significant reduction in recent negative consequences of drinking and psychological adjustment problems. Both groups made significant mean gains on indices of alcohol abuse and psychosocial adjustment but there were important intergroup differences. The residential group showed a greater mean reduction in recent negative consequences from drinking but the community group showed a greater mean reduction in the percentage of days heavy drinking.
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Other funder
Other Sponsorship
Royal Irish Academy Social Science Research Council
Midland Health Board
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Journal
Journal of Family Therapy
Volume
25
Issue
1
Start Page
15
End Page
40
Copyright (Published Version)
The Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice 2003
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
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