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Review
. 1999;23(2):93-8.

Professional interventions that facilitate 12-step self-help group involvement

K Humphreys  1
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Review

Professional interventions that facilitate 12-step self-help group involvement

K Humphreys. Alcohol Res Health. 1999.

Abstract

Facilitating patients' involvement with 12-step self-help organizations, such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA), is often a goal of substance abuse treatment. Twelve-step-facilitation (TSF) interventions have been found to be more effective than comparison treatments in increasing patients' 12-step group involvement and in promoting abstinence. Future TSF evaluation research should address the effectiveness of incorporating TSF interventions with cognitive-behavioral treatment methods, the relative impact of brief versus extended TSF interventions, and the cost-effectiveness and health care cost-offset of TSF interventions within managed health care systems.

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Posttreatment 12-step self-help group involvement of 2,045 substance-dependent veterans treated by 12-step or cognitive-behavioral programs. *AA/NA = Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous. NOTE: Involvement was measured 1 year after discharge by patient reports of activities in the past 3 months. SOURCE: Humphreys et al. 1999.
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