Open AccessOverlapping Mechanisms of Recovery Between Professional Psychotherapies and Alcoholics Anonymous
Author(s) -
David Marcovitz,
Kathryn McHugh,
Corey R. Roos,
Jule J West,
John F. Kelly
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of addiction medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1935-3227
pISSN - 1932-0620
DOI - 10.1097/adm.0000000000000601
Subject(s) - mindfulness , psychotherapist , mainstream , alcoholics anonymous , cognition , coping (psychology) , psychology , addiction , perspective (graphical) , medicine , clinical psychology , psychiatry , artificial intelligence , computer science , philosophy , theology
Much research over the past 25 years has focused on elucidating the mechanisms by which Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) affects behavioral change in its participants. In addition to research on the spiritual mechanisms for which AA is best known in the popular conception, research on mechanisms of recovery (MOR) has predominantly supported social, cognitive, and affective mechanisms that are also present in many professional psychotherapies.