GETTING RELUCTANT SUBSTANCE ABUSERS TO ENGAGE IN TREATMENT/SELF‐HELP: A REVIEW OF OUTCOMES ANDCLINICAL OPTIONS
- 1 April 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
- Vol. 30 (2) , 165-182
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.2004.tb01232.x
Abstract
This review examines the results from 19 outcome studies, involving 1,501 cases, within 10 different clinical approaches to getting alcohol or drug abusers to engage in treatment or self-help. Each approach is summarized and its "success rate(s)" presented. Comparisons are made across various subcategories, such as alcohol vs. drug abusers, adolescents vs. adults, and experimental conditions vs. controls. A distinction is drawn between "Dual-Purpose" approaches, which combine engagement with counseling of the concerned person who originally sought help for the substance abuser, and "Engagement-Primary" approaches, which generally confine their efforts (through working with family members and others) to getting the substance abuser into treatment/self-help. "Best bet" clinical options are presented in terms of which particular approach appears to have the edge with which kind of substance abuser.Keywords
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