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The Effectiveness of Alcoholism Treatment

What Research Reveals

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Treating Addictive Behaviors

Part of the book series: Applied Clinical Psychology ((ABBI,volume 13))

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In 1979 we set out together on a journey. We decided to try to read every study that had ever been published (in languages we could understand) on the effectiveness of different approaches to treating alcohol problems. We had no idea what lay in store for us.

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