A Study of Alcoholism Treatment Units: Some Findings on Links with Community Agencies

Summary Alcoholism Treatment Units (ATUs) are as the major institutional treatment system for alcoholics within the British National Health Service. This paper is part of a series of papers to report the results of a national survey on ATUs. It examines the links which ATUs have with community agencies: special service links, general service links and training links. It also describes these links in relation to the ‘community variable’ and presents a discussion on the implications of these findings for future treatment provisions.