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Posted on May 7, 2013 at 10:55 pm by Sparrow

AA and NA Works for Youth too
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Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous benefit adolescents who attend

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Posted on April 19, 2013 at 8:09 pm by Sparrow

Comparison addiction treatment
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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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Posted on April 12, 2013 at 7:20 pm by Sparrow

TSF and other models
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CONTRAST TO OTHER COUNSELING APPROACHES Most Similar Counseling Approaches TSF has its roots in the Minnesota Model first described by Daniel J. Anderson and as implemented in most AA-oriented treatment programs (e.g.,the Hazelden Foundation, the Betty Ford Foundation, the Sierra Tuscan Center, and others). These models assume addiction can be arrested but not cured, ascribe …∞

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Posted on April 7, 2013 at 6:10 pm by Sparrow

Longer AA Attendance Predicts Change
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Predictors of changes in alcohol-related self-efficacy over 16 years Self-efficacy is a robust predictor of short- and long-term remission after alcohol treatment. This study examined the predictors of self-efficacy in the year after treatment and 15 years later. A sample of 420 individuals with alcohol use disorders was assessed five times over the course of …∞

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Posted on April 3, 2013 at 5:32 pm by Sparrow

Brief-TSF theory
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Brief-TSF Theoretical Rationale/Mechanism of Action The theoretical rationale is based in the 12 steps and 12 traditions of AA and includes the need to accept that willpower alone is not sufficient to achieve sustained sobriety, that self-centredness must be replaced by surrender to the group process/conscience, and that long-term recovery consists of a process of …∞

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Posted on April 2, 2013 at 5:23 pm by Sparrow and modified on April 3, 2013 at 11:16 am.

12 Bad Habits of Therapists
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Psychotherapy is a unique relationship, a kind of connection that is unlike any other kind of relationship a person has in their life. In some ways, it can be more intimate than our most intimate relationships, but it also paradoxically values a vestige of professional distance between therapist and client. Therapists, alas, are just as …∞

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Posted on March 24, 2013 at 4:21 pm by Sparrow

Top Articles
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AA & 12-Step Treatment AA Assists Alcoholics Avoid Alcohol AA Can Help Most Alcoholics AA Fact File AAs 12-Step Recovery Program Al-Anon offers new life Alcohol and Anxiety Alcohol Problems Database Alcoholic Defense Mechanisms Alcoholics Anonymous and Nursing Alcoholics Anonymous Program in India Alcoholics can benefit from Al-Anon Alcoholics Have Trouble Identifying Emotions Alcoholism / …∞

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Posted on February 16, 2013 at 11:16 am by Sparrow

Twelve Step Facilitation (TSF) Works
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Professional Interventions That Facilitate 12-Step Self-Help Group Involvement. Facilitating patients’ involvement with 12-step self-help organizations, such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA), is often a goal of substance abuse treatment. Twelve-step-facilitation (TSF) interventions have been found to be more effective than comparison treatments in increasing patients’ 12-step group involvement and in promoting abstinence. …∞

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Posted on February 10, 2013 at 10:47 am by Sparrow

Drinking peers
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Alcoholics Anonymous and long term matching effects. AIMS: (1) To examine the matching hypothesis that Twelve Step Facilitation Therapy (TSF) is more effective than Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) for alcohol-dependent clients with networks highly supportive of drinking 3 years following treatment; (2) to test a causal chain providing the rationale for this effect. DESIGN: Outpatients …∞

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Posted on December 17, 2012 at 2:17 am by Sparrow

TSF Training Popular Articles
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A.A.s 12-Step Recovery Program Al-Anon Offers New Life Alcohol and Anxiety Alcohol Problems Database Alcoholic Defence Mechanisms · Alcoholics Anonymous and Nursing · An Introduction to Medication for Alcohol Dependence · Anti-Craving Drugs · Binge Drinking & Brain Damage · Brain Damage & Cirrhosis · Brief-TSF Description · Brief-TSF Learning Objectives   Related Reading:

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