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Recruitment of Problem Drinkers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Douglas Cameron  and
Mary T. Spence
Douglas Cameron
Affiliation:
The Alcohol Research and Treatment Group, Crichton Royal, Dumfries
Mary T. Spence
Affiliation:
Research Psychologist, Alcoholic Unit, Bexley Hospital, Bexley, Kent
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Summary

As the first phase of a project designed to institute controlled drinking as a therapeutic goal for alcoholics, it was decided to recruit volunteers who were dissatisfied with their present mode of drinking but who had not previously sought help. This was done by requesting them to phone a private number. When these volunteers had been recruited it was proposed to modify their drinking habits to their own requirements, using non-averse training, drinking practice and ongoing group psychotherapy. This project however has not been implemented because of a paucity of volunteers. The methods of recruitment are listed and those drinkers who volunteered are described. The reasons for the low rate of response are discussed.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 129 , Issue 6 , December 1976 , pp. 544 - 546
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1976 

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