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Article: Characteristics of first-time alcohol treatment seekers: the COMBINE study.(Combining Medications and Behavioral Interventions)(Report)
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- Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
- Article date:
- November 1, 2008
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A SMALL BODY OF RECENT STUDIES has found that treatment-naive clients who are entering substance-use treatment for the first time differ significantly from treatment-experienced clients in various pretreatment characteristics and posttreatment outcomes (Cacciola et al., 2005; Grella and Joshi, 1999; Hser et al., 1997, 1999b). However, these studies have focused primarily on individuals entering drug treatment rather than alcohol treatment programs. Relatively little research has been conducted on the pretreatment characteristics of alcohol-dependent individuals entering treatment for the first time, compared with treatment-experienced clients. Most of these alcohol ...