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Research into the effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous and in particular of their twelve-step program has generated a number of studies within the United States as well as within other countries. Several of these studies researched Twelve Step Facilitation with alcoholic clients and not Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) direction. Research conducted in the United StatesDitman, et al.A 1967 study where a judge randomly assigned (ordered) offenders to either clinical treatment, AA treatment, or to a no treatment (control) group. After one year 68% in the clinic group were rearrested, 69% in the AA group were rearrested, and 56% were rearrested in the group receiving no treatment. No statistically significant differences between the three groups were discovered in recidivism rate, in the number of subsequent rearrests or in time elapsed prior to rearrest. Brandsma, Maltsby and WelshIn a 1979 study, 260 individuals, either referred by the courts, other agencies, or self-referred, were treated for 210 days. Participants were assigned randomly to one of five groups: AA meetings run by experienced nonprofessionals, RBT therapy administered by a nonprofessional, RBT therapy administered by degreed professionals, Insight Therapy administered by professionals, or a control group which received no treatment. After treatment was completed, a three month follow-up showed that AA group treatment was associated with five times more binge drinking than the control group and nine times the binge drinking of the nonprofessional RBT group. Nonprofessional RBT was deemed the superior treatment in a comparison between the two. The study concluded that coerced AA attendance did not work well. AA had the largest dropout rate. The Insight Therapy and Professional RBT groups ranked the highest in drinking indices for the most nondrinking days over the 3 and 9 month follow up. From Wikipedia under the
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 news.google.com London Review of Books (subscription) After failing with rehab, Alcoholics Anonymous , Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and all other conventional treatments for alcoholism, finding himself at what ... and more » news.google.com Malaysia Star The effectiveness of collaborative movements, like the leaderless Alcoholic Anonymous , touching millions through shared ideology, highlights that the future ... and more » From Google News Search: "Effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous" If a real, scientific study was done on Alcoholics Anon? Q. If a real, scientific study was done on the effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous and the results published, would it still be as highly thought of as it is now? Would it be able to withstand the scrutiny? Asked by grips - Tue May 1 14:22:39 2007 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments A. Fifteen years ago when I first entered my AA home-group, there were about a hundred core members. 95% of them are gone. I don't know where most of them are or what their doing. Short of tagging us like natural wildlife on a preserve, I'm not sure a scientific study could be performed. Assuming all who are gone are drunk or dead, we have a 5% success rate. Answered by Braino - Wed May 2 11:47:24 2007 Need help on an Alcoholics Anonymous question!? Q. One of the problems of assessing the effectiveness of AA is that A. Everyone wants to stay anonymous B. State law prohibits any assessment research C. AA conducts its own research on the question D. No one has the funds to conduct research on such a large scale. I know it's not A but I can't find the answer on the website, does anyone know what it would be?? Thanks! Asked by Katie - Sun Mar 29 13:53:49 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. A is an answer you'll hear, but isn't true. B is flat out false. C, AA does does gather some info with its informal "Triennial Survey" D, there have studies, but since most AA members don't like the results of those studies, they tend to dismiss them or pretend they don't exist. Here's what AA released from its 2004 survey: Here is a graph showing AA's retention rate: For every 100 people that join AA, 95 drop out within one year. The best compilation of stats and studies done on AA in one place can be found at: The most important are: 1) Dr. Brandsma found that A.A. increased the rate of binge drinking, and 2) Dr. Ditman found that A.A. increased the rate of rearrests for public drunkenness, and 3) Dr. Walsh found that "free A. [cont.] Answered by raysny - Mon Mar 30 10:54:50 2009 Alcoholics Anonymous?
Q. Does it help? Does it make crave alcohol? Is it a waste of time? Recent studies about the effectiveness of treatment have confused me. I have come to the conclusion that I am an alcoholic and I want to know if i should go to AA or find something different. What helps most? Asked by michstateman - Sun Mar 9 03:06:32 2008 - - 12 Answers - 1 Comments A. AA has boasts the same success rate as no treatment at all, 5%. If AA helped at all shouldn't it have a higher success rate that no treatment? And it has a mortality rate 6 times higher according to a study run by George Vaillant. "One recent study found that 80% of all alcoholics who recover for a year or more do so on their own, some after being unsuccessfully treated. When a group of these self-treated alcoholics was interviewed, 57% said they simply decided that alcohol was bad for them. Twenty-nine percent said health problems, frightening experiences, accidents, or blackouts persuaded them to quit. Others used such phrases as "Things were building up" or "I was sick and tired of it." Support from a husband or wife was important in… [cont.] Answered by raysny - Sun Mar 9 12:39:32 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous" |
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