Alcohol and public health

R Room, T Babor, J Rehm - The lancet, 2005 - thelancet.com
Alcoholic beverages, and the problems they engender, have been familiar fixtures in human
societies since the beginning of recorded history. We review advances in alcohol science in …

The cost effectiveness of treatment for alcoholism: a first approximation.

H Holder, R Longabaugh, WR Miller… - Journal of studies on …, 1991 - jsad.com
This study undertakes an analysis of cost effectiveness of alcoholism treatment modalities
based upon (1) findings from clinical trials,(2) costs for treatment in settings and/or by …

Beyond money: Toward an economy of well-being

E Diener, MEP Seligman - Psychological science in the …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Policy decisions at the organizational, corporate, and governmental levels should be more
heavily influenced by issues related to well-being—people's evaluations and feelings about …

Benefit-cost analysis of brief physician advice with problem drinkers in primary care settings

MF Fleming, MP Mundt, MT French, LB Manwell… - Medical care, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Background. Few studies have estimated the economic costs and benefits of brief physician
advice in managed care settings. Objective. To conduct a benefit-cost analysis of brief …

Inpatient alcoholism treatment: Who benefits?

WR Miller, RK Hester - American Psychologist, 1986 - psycnet.apa.org
Reviews findings from 26 controlled studies, which have consistently shown no overall
advantage for residential over nonresidential settings, for longer over shorter inpatient …

The effectiveness of alcoholism treatment: What research reveals

WR Miller, RK Hester - Treating addictive behaviors: Processes of change, 1986 - Springer
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The effectiveness of inpatient and outpatient treatment for alcohol abuse: the need to focus on mediators and moderators of setting effects

JW Finney, AC Hahn, RH Moos - Addiction, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Previous reviews have concluded that there was no evidence for the superiority of inpatient
over outpatient treatment of alcohol abuse, although particular types of patients might be …

[HTML][HTML] A randomized trial of treatment options for alcohol-abusing workers

DC Walsh, RW Hingson, DM Merrigan… - … England Journal of …, 1991 - Mass Medical Soc
Background. Employee-assistance programs sponsored by companies or labor unions
identify workers who abuse alcohol and refer them for care, often to inpatient rehabilitation …

Substance-abusing women: False stereotypes and real needs

ME Goldberg - Social Work, 1995 - academic.oup.com
Substance-abusing women are a diverse group, but some of them are among the most
disadvantaged individuals in the United States. This article reviews and interprets some …

Explaining abstinence rates following treatment for alcohol abuse: a quantitative synthesis of patient, research design and treatment effects

SC Monahan, JW Finney - Addiction, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
We examined the relationships of treatment, patient and research design characteristics to
treatment outcome (ie abstinence rates) in a sample of 150 treatment conditions drawn from …