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Promoting Self-Change: Taking the Treatment to the Community

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As discussed in detail in Chapter 1, the vast majority of people with alcohol and drug problems are unlikely to enter traditional substance abuse or addiction treatment programs (Harris & Mckellar, 2003). Several major U.S. surveys have concluded that only a small percentage of individuals with alcohol problems ever seek and enter into treatment (Dawson, Grant, Stinson, et al., 2005; Raimo, Daeppen, Smith, Danko, & Schuckit, 1999).

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Sobell, L.C., Sobell, M.B. (2007). Promoting Self-Change: Taking the Treatment to the Community. In: Klingemann, H., Sobell, L.C. (eds) Promoting Self-Change From Addictive Behaviors. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71287-1_8

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