Title |
Assertive Community Treatment for alcohol dependence (ACTAD): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
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Published in |
Trials, February 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1745-6215-13-19 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Helen Gilburt, Tom Burns, Alex Copello, Simon Coulton, Michael Crawford, Ed Day, Paolo Deluca, Christine Godfrey, Steve Parrott, Abigail K Rose, Julia M A Sinclair, Christine Wright, Colin Drummond |
Abstract |
Alcohol dependence is a significant and costly problem in the UK yet only 6% of people a year receive treatment. Current service provision based on the treatment of acute episodes of illness and emphasising personal choice and motivation results in a small proportion of these patients engaging with alcohol treatment. There is a need for interventions targeted at the population of alcohol dependent patients who are hard to engage in conventional treatment. Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), a model of care based on assertive outreach, has been used for treating patients with severe mental illnesses and presents a promising avenue for engaging patients with primary alcohol dependence. So far there has been little research on this. |
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Researcher | 13 | 14% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 11% |
Other | 8 | 8% |
Student > Bachelor | 7 | 7% |
Other | 22 | 23% |
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Psychology | 18 | 19% |
Social Sciences | 13 | 14% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 11 | 12% |
Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 2 | 2% |
Other | 7 | 7% |
Unknown | 26 | 27% |