Self-help and other supports bolster treatment success

Combining treatment with self-help programs, such as the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step program, also improves outcomes, and is more effective than either treatment or self-help participation alone.

Attendance at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings is significantly related to post-treatment abstinence. Although mandated AA attendance alone, without treatment, has not been proven effective, one major study showed AA to be as effective as treatment.

Research report; Runder the Influence Part 2: Treating Addictions, Reducing Corrections Costs. Katherine Merrow & Richard A. Minard , Jr. February 5, 2003. New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies in association with the Institute for Policy and Social Science Research, University of New Hampshire

BriefTSF can be used successfully in the correction setting

Juvenile Drug Courts And Teen Substance Abuse Drug Courts: In Theory and in Practice (Social Problems and Social Issues)

Related Reading:

The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition
Adolescent Set: Treatment 4th Edition, Homework 2nd Edition, Progress Notes 3rd Edition (PracticePlanners?)
The Complete Adult Psychotherapy Treatment Planner (PracticePlanners?)
Recovery: A Guide for Adult Children of Alcoholics
The Alcoholic Family in Recovery: A Developmental Model
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