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Behavioral Strategies for Reducing Drinking among Young Adults

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Traditionally, alcoholism treatment programs have been geared toward middle-aged and older chronic alcoholics. For example, the median age of clients treated in the alcoholism treatment centers of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) throughout the United States is 45 years (Armor, Polich, & Stambul, 1976). Alcoholism prevention, on the other hand, has been aimed at the younger, school-aged segments of the population in the 12- to 17-year category.

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    Peter M. Miller

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Miller, P.M. (1979). Behavioral Strategies for Reducing Drinking among Young Adults. In: Blane, H.T., Chafetz, M.E. (eds) Youth, Alcohol, and Social Policy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8538-7_12

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