Treatment of Heroin Addicts: is the Client—Therapist Relationship Important?
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of the Addictions
- Vol. 15 (2) , 207-214
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10826088009040009
Abstract
The therapist-client relationship was studied in the treatment of heroin addiction. Individuals (86) who were discharged from the Tulane NARA [Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act] Drug Abuse Program were examined on 20 social and personality variables. The variable of the counselor-patient relationship was found important in the final outcome of treatment. Clients who had a single counselor throughout the entire course of treatment did significantly better than their peers who were transferred from 1 counselor to another, suggesting that a stable client-therapist relationship greatly enhances the chances of the patient reaching drug abstinence and being rehabilitated.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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