Promoting self-change with alcohol abusers: A community-level mail intervention based on natural recovery studies

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 936-948

  Sobell, Linda Carter ^a   Sobell, Mark B ^a   Leo, Gloria I ^b   Agrawal, Sangeeta ^d   Johnson Young, Lisa ^e   Cunningham, John A ^b,c  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol Abuse; Community; Natural Recovery; Public Health; Self Change

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF MONITORING; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CARE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035998925     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000374-200206000-00025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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