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Examine how drinking behavior and nondrinking outcome criteria are utilized and interrelated across psychological treatments for alcoholism.

June 1, 1974Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol

A Review of Psychologically Oriented Treatment of Alcoholism; I. The Use and Interrelationships of Outcome Criteria and Drinking Behavior Following Treatment

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CEChad D. EmrickAurora College

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Literature review reveals substantial improvement in individuals undergoing alcoholism therapy, indicating that reduced drinking strongly correlates with broader personal recovery.

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Examine how drinking behavior and nondrinking outcome criteria are utilized and interrelated across psychological treatments for alcoholism.
Reviewed 265 studies assessing psychologically oriented interventions for alcoholism.
Evaluated the relative frequency of drinking criteria versus nondrinking outcome measures and their interrelationships.
Drinking criteria were measured far more frequently than nondrinking outcome measures and positively correlated with multiple nondrinking dimensions.
Approximately two-thirds of treated patients demonstrated clinical improvement following intervention.
About one-third of patients achieved complete abstinence after receiving treatment.

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Chad D. Emrick (1974) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7d473d00c5c9efbcaa164f https://doi.org/10.15288/qjsa.1974.35.523

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Literature review reveals substantial improvement in individuals undergoing alcoholism therapy, indicating that reduced drinking strongly correlates with broader personal recovery.

A Review of Psychologically Oriented Treatment of Alcoholism; I. The Use and Interrelationships of Outcome Criteria and Drinking Behavior Following Treatment

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A Review of Psychologically Oriented Treatment of Alcoholism; I. The Use and Interrelationships of Outcome Criteria and Drinking Behavior Following Treatment

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