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The Veterans Administration's Comparison Study: Alcoholism and Drug Abuse—Combined and Conventional Treatment Settings
Author(s) -
Baker Stewart L.,
Lorei Theodore,
McKnight Harry A.,
Duvall Jeffrey L.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1977.tb05783.x
Subject(s) - drug , substance abuse , drug treatment , psychiatry , drug abuser , substance abuse treatment , medicine , alcohol abuse , drug administration , emergency medicine , psychology
Traditionally, alcohol and drug abusers have been treated in separate environments. However, due to a growing interest in combined treatment, a 6‐mo comparison of patient performance obtained in conventional and combined treatment settings was carried out. While both treatment settings produced sizable improvements in patients, results indicated an improved outcome for alcoholics treated in a conventional setting which, though small, was statistically significant.