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The Evaluation of a ‘Co‐operative Counselling’ Alcohol Service Which Uses Family and Affected Others to Reach and Influence Problem Drinkers
Author(s) -
YATES F. E.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1988.tb03042.x
Subject(s) - worry , set (abstract data type) , service (business) , test (biology) , psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , computer science , anxiety , paleontology , economy , economics , biology , programming language
Summary A previous study of normal drinking by the author found that problems experienced by other people's drinking were more commonly reported than worry about a personal drink problem. A new counselling service was set up to test the practical application of these findings to manage drink problems in the community. The aim was to use ‘affected others’ as agents to reach the person at an early stage in their drink problem. Natural preventive strategies were explored and applied to reduce drinking. This experimental ‘Co‐operative Counselling Service’ was tested over 6 months and I5 cases received extended help. Only three of the 15 problem drinkers associated with these cases had been treated for their drinking before. Of the 10 cases for which 3 month outcomes were available, five were reported to have reduced their drinking. Eight case studies are presented to indicate the nature of the client work.