Format
Book
Publication Date
Published by / Citation
Drug and Alcohol Findings
Original Language

English

Country
United Kingdom
Keywords
psychosocial interventions
alcohol dependence
commissioning
Carl Rogers
management
dissemination and implementation

Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Row 4: The Talking Route to Recovery

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The Talking Route to Recovery

Time to consolidate the lessons of last five instalments of the online course on alcohol treatment research. Every treatment involves direct or indirect human interaction, but this row is about therapies in which interaction is intended to be the main active ingredient. Psychosocial or ‘talking’ therapies are the mainstay of alcohol dependence treatment. If they are suboptimal or misunderstood, we risk the bulk of patients doing less well than they could. 

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