Broad-spectrum behavioral treatment for chronic alcoholics: Effects of training controlled drinking skills

Evaluated drinking skills training for 62 male chronic alcoholic veterans (mean age 46.1 yrs) by assigning 10 successive cohorts to trained or untrained conditions in a randomized block experimental design. All Ss received broad-spectrum behavioral treatment consisting of alcohol education, group th...

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Published in:Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 1984-04, Vol.52 (2), p.218-230
Main Authors: Foy, David W, Nunn, L. Bruce, Rychtarik, Robert G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Alcohol Drinking
Alcohol Treatment
Alcohol Use
Alcoholism
Alcoholism - therapy
Behavior Modification
Behavior Therapy - methods
Behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Discrimination Learning
Ethanol - blood
Human
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social Adjustment
Treatment Outcomes
Treatments
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Summary:Evaluated drinking skills training for 62 male chronic alcoholic veterans (mean age 46.1 yrs) by assigning 10 successive cohorts to trained or untrained conditions in a randomized block experimental design. All Ss received broad-spectrum behavioral treatment consisting of alcohol education, group therapy, individual therapy, self-management training, job-seeking and interpersonal-skills training, drink-refusal-skills training, and relaxation training. Cohorts assigned to the controlled drinking skills condition received 15 hrs of blood-alcohol-level discrimination training, responsible-drinking-skills training, and social-drinking practice sessions. Six-month posttreatment follow-up revealed that Ss in the drinking skills condition had significantly fewer abstinent days and more abusive drinking days than Ss in the untrained condition. Differences between groups were not significant in follow-up Months 7-22, although trends continued. No differences were obtained on moderate drinking days or any adjunctive measures of psychosocial adjustment. (28 ref)
ISSN:0022-006X
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/0022-006X.52.2.218