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Article: Help-seeking for alcohol-related problems: social contexts surrounding entry into alcoholism treatment or Alcoholics Anonymous.

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July 1, 1996
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BECAUSE most problem drinkers do not participate in alcoholism treatment programs or AA (Regier et al., 1993), understanding influences on help-seeking patterns is important for increasing service utilization. Help-seeking for medical and mental health problems has been well researched (reviewed by Cockerham, 1982; Mechanic, 1978), but research on help-seeking for alcohol and other drug problems is a recent development (reviewed by Hartnoll, 1992; Jordan and Oei, 1989). These literatures have been guided by the health belief (e.g., Becker et al., 1977) and related service utilization (e.g., Aday and Andersen, 1974) models, which emphasize the interactive influence of ...

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