Skip Navigation



Alcohol and Alcoholism Advance Access published online on June 6, 2005
Alcohol and Alcoholism, doi:10.1093/alcalc/agh155
This Article
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
40/5/419    most recent
agh155v1
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by CUNNINGHAM, J. A.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by CUNNINGHAM, J. A.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Medical Council on Alcohol. All rights reserved
Received December 4, 2004
Revised January 24, 2005
Accepted March 9, 2005

Article

SHORT-TERM RECOVERY FROM ALCOHOL ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE: ANY EVIDENCE OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH TREATMENT USE IN A GENERAL POPULATION SAMPLE?

JOHN A. CUNNINGHAM 1*

1 Addiction Research Foundation Site, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2S1, Canada; University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
JOHN A. CUNNINGHAM, E-mail: John_Cunningham{at}camh.net


  Abstract

Aims: To test whether survey respondents who report alcohol misuse in the past year are more likely to be abstinent or binge-free in the past 30 days if they have used treatment, than if they have not. Methods: Analysis of data from the 2002 US National Survey on Drug Use and Health was obtained. Results: A total of 5730 respondents scored positive for alcohol abuse or dependence in the preceding year. Fewer than 10% had used any treatment for alcohol or drugs in this period, but this was associated with a 10% increase in the past-month abstinence and past-month binge-free drinking compared with respondents who did not access treatment. Such an apparent short-term recovery appeared greater in those whose treatment had been received in a formal treatment setting, a doctor's office, or in self-help groups than in the emergency room or in prison. Conclusions: Even if part of the association between treatment and recent abstinence and non-binge drinking was causal, indicating that treatment has some impact, it is a pathway chosen only by the minority.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Alcohol AlcoholHome page
J. A. CUNNINGHAM and J. BLOMQVIST
EXAMINING TREATMENT USE AMONG ALCOHOL-DEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS FROM A POPULATION PERSPECTIVE
Alcohol Alcohol., November 1, 2006; 41(6): 632 - 635.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.