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*new* HOME VISITS COST-EFFECTIVELY AID ALCOHOL TREATMENT
In Brazil adding home visits to a three-month alcohol detoxification and treatment programme
cost-effectively increased the abstinence rate at the end of treatment. British study suggests that
what happens in such visits is critical.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Moraes_E_1.cab
*new* GROUP THERAPY WINS ON COST-EFFECTIVENESS GROUNDS
For US problem drinkers and drug users not at the severest end of the spectrum, four sessions of
group were as effective as four of individual therapy but required far fewer therapist hours per
patient. The little research we have suggests this a common finding, commending group approaches on
cost-effectiveness grounds.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Sobell_L_5.cab
*new* DUAL DIAGNOSIS PATIENTS BENEFIT FROM HEROIN PRESCRIBING
Further exploring who benefits from heroin prescribing, the German trial found that heroin-addicted
patients suffering from mental disorders benefited more from being prescribed heroin than methadone
and did so to almost the same degree as other patients, including greater remission in psychiatric
symptoms.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Schafer_I.cab
*new* BRIEF MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING WORKS BEST FOR THINKERS
This US study found that different types of heavy-drinking college students responded best to
different types of brief intervention to promote moderation. In particular, those who as well as
hard drinking liked hard thinking were most affected by being led to reflect via motivational
interviewing on how their drinking compared to that of the average student.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Capone_C_1.cab
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