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The Homophile Alcohol Treatment Service (HATS) is an urban Boston outpatient clinic. A survey to assess program effectiveness, reported her, demonstrates that HATS has been able to promote less harmful drinking behaviors in its clients and to educate clients about alcohol-related health hazards. Issues around reaction to gay clients in non-treatment non-gay treatment agencies, accessibility of services, and survey problems in the gay community are discussed with their implication for improving services like HATS.
Rosanne Driscoll (Tue,) studied this question.