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12-Step Treatment for Alcohol and Substance Abuse Revisited: Best Available Evidence Suggests Lack of Effectiveness or Harm
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Miller, John Clark – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2008
Approaches incorporating 12-Step beliefs and practices have dominated substance abuse treatment despite a lack of empirical support. Recent claims for effectiveness relying on results from a large, multisite research project in the U.S. were re-evaluated based on critical analysis of design, methodology, and construction of outcome measures.…
Descriptors: Research Design, Outcomes of Treatment, Alcohol Abuse, Criticism