For dually-diagnosed individuals, continued participation in dual recovery self-help groups plays a significant role in the recovery process, particularly in the area of substance use.
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More AA meetings equals
better recovery Is
Attendance At Alcoholics
Anonymous Meetings After
Inpatient Treatment
Related To Improved
Outcomes? A 6-Month
Follow-Up Study Abstract –
Aims: This study
investigates the
relationship between
attendance at Alcoholics
Anonymous (AA) meetings
prior to, during, and after
leaving treatment, and
changes in clinical outcome
following inpatient alcohol
treatment. Methods: A
longitudinal design was
used in which participants
were interviewed at
admission (within 5 days of
entry), and 6 months
following departure. The
sample comprised 150
patients in an inpatient
alcohol treatment
programme who met ICD-
10 criteria for alcohol
dependence. The full
sample was interviewed at
admission to treatment. Six
months after departure
from treatment, 120
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Principles of Effective Treatment Addiction is a complex but treatable disease that affects brain function and behavior. Drugs of abuse alter the brain’s structure and function, resulting in changes that persist long after drug use has ceased. This may explain why drug abusers are at risk for relapse even after long periods of abstinence and …∞
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12-Step Involvement Increases Sobriety and Reduces Costs BACKGROUND: Accumulating evidence indicates that addiction and psychiatric treatment programs that actively promote self-help group involvement can reduce their patients’ health care costs in the first year after treatment, but such initially impressive effects may wane over time. This paper examines whether the positive clinical outcomes and reduced …∞
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The present study aimed to determine whether alcoholics who attend self-help groups experience fewer deaths than those who do not. Subjects were patients from the Alcoholism Treatment Program (ATP) of Matsuzawa hospital. A cohort of alcoholic patients recruited into a prospective study was followed from April 1994 to March 1999. A total of 469 alcoholic …∞
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Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous benefit adolescents who attend
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Cocaine Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from their addiction. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using cocaine and all other mind-altering substances. There are no dues …∞
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A pilot study of the role of AA sponsors An AA sponsor is a close 1-on-1 collaboration between an older sober member and a relative newcomer to sobriety. Its a two way helping relationship – the sponsor affirms their own sobriety and the sponsee gains new insights. AIMS: The aim of this study was to …∞
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The author of this article describes a psychological model, based on studies he and his colleagues have conducted, to clarify the operation of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and other movements that operate through social and ideologically grounded support and can be characterized as “spiritual recovery movements.” Taken together, the findings from the cited studies make evident …∞
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A comparative evaluation of substance abuse treatment This article first explains the conceptual framework and plan of a naturalistic, multisite evaluation of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) substance abuse treatment programs. It then examines the effectiveness of an index episode of inpatient treatment and the effectiveness of continuing outpatient care and participation in self-help groups. …∞
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