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Garcia, Rolando – AGENDA, 1979
A major concern to anyone involved in the alcoholism field is the basic understanding of alcoholism as a disease that Hispanics have not yet completely accepted. Hispanics have usually labeled the use of alcoholic beverages as being embedded into Hispanic culture and have viewed alcoholism as an individual weakness to be endured in silence. (NQ)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Antisocial Behavior, Drug Abuse, Prevention
Bucky, Steven F. – 1976
The purpose of this paper is to describe the Navy's Alcohol Rehabilitation Program and to discuss the research that has been completed through 1976 measuring the effectiveness of the program. The researchers defined program effectiveness as completion of enlistment and recommendation for reenlistment one year after treatment. The results indicated…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Clinics, Drinking, Enlisted Personnel
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McCrady, Barbara S.; Epstein, Elizabeth E.; Kahler, Christopher W. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004
Ninety men with alcohol problems and their female partners were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 outpatient conjoint treatments: alcohol behavioral couples therapy (ABCT), ABCT with relapse prevention techniques (RP/ABCT), or ABCT with interventions encouraging Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) involvement (AA/ABCT). Couples were followed for 18 months after…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Prevention, Marriage Counseling, Males