期刊
JOURNAL OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
卷 26, 期 3, 页码 151-158出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-5472(03)00212-5
关键词
self-help groups; mutual help organizations; twelve steps; effectiveness research; policy
资金
- NIDA NIH HHS [R03 DA013432-02] Funding Source: Medline
This expert consensus statement reviews evidence on the effectiveness of drug and alcohol self-help groups and presents potential implications for clinicians, treatment program managers and policymakers. Because longitudinal studies associate self-help group involvement with reduced substance use, improved psychosocial functioning, and lessened health care costs, there are humane and practical reasons to develop self-help group supportive policies. Policies described here that could be implemented by clinicians and program managers include making greater use of empirically-validated self-help group referral methods in both specialty and non-specialty treatment settings and developing a menu of locally available self-help group options that are responsive to client's needs, preferences, and cultural background. The workgroup also offered possible self-help supportive policy options (e.g., supporting self-help clearinghouses) for state and federal decision makers. Implementing such policies Could strengthen alcohol and drug self-help organizations, and thereby enhance the national response to the serious public health problem of Substance abuse. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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