IMPROVEMENTS IN COMMUNITY-REINFORCEMENT APPROACH TO ALCOHOLISM
IMPROVEMENTS IN COMMUNITY-REINFORCEMENT APPROACH TO ALCOHOLISM
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DOI:
10.1016/0005-7967(76)90021-8
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
AZRIN, NH
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AZRIN, NH
A modified Community-Reinforcement program for treating alcoholics was evaluated. The previously tested Community-Reinforcement program which included special job, family, social and recreational procedures reduced alcoholism. To increase the effectiveness of the program further, a Buddy system, a daily report procedure, group counseling, and a special social motivation program to ensure the self-administration of Disulfiram (Antabuse) were incorporated. Alcoholics who received the improved Community-Reinforcement program drank less, worked more, spent more time at home and less time institutionalized than did their matched controls who received the standard hospital treatment including Antabuse in the usual manner. These results were stable over a 2 yr period. The program appeared even more effective and less time-consuming than the previous program. The results replicate the effectiveness of the Community-Reinforcement program for reducing alcoholism and indicate the usefulness of the additions to the program.