Use of Telephone Calls to Increase Motivation for Treatment in Alcoholics
- 1 August 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 21 (1) , 327-328
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1967.21.1.327
Abstract
When acutely intoxicated chronic alcoholics must be sent to another institution for drying-out before beginning outpatient treatment, a single phone call, during the interim, from the referring agency, significantly increases their likelihood of returning.Keywords
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