Efforts to Treat Alcohol Addiction and Effective Treatment Methods



Efforts to Treat Alcohol Addiction and Effective Treatment Methods

Abstract

Treatments for alcohol dependence can be effective and increase the likelihood of recovery from alcohol problems. Of those who enter and complete treatment, approximately 60% will relapse to some drinking within the first year following alcohol treatment. With these findings in mind, current research on the outcomes of alcohol-use-disorder treatments examines mechanisms of change associated with reduced alcohol use. Within the literature examining abstinence as a drinking goal, several limitations are worth mentioning.

Introduction

The inquiry of if people entering medicine ought to be given the decision of medication objectives, for example forbearance, remains a questionable issue in the field of liquor exploration (Coldwell and Heather, 2006,marlatt, 1983 and Roizen, 1987). Regardless of this, permitting mature people looking for medicine for liquor reliance to self-select drinking objectives upon medication passage has turned into a normal medicine practice (Foy et al., 1979 and Sobell and Sobell, 1995). With self-selection of drinking goals becoming more common, clinicians may benefit from additional evidence that suggests who is most likely to desire a drinking goal of abstinence or non-abstinence. Clinicians may also benefit from evidence about the effects on subsequent alcohol use of choosing a drinking goal of abstinence or non-abstinence at treatment entry. This study examines these questions: Who is most likely to desire a drinking goal of abstinence at treatment entry, and does a drinking goal of abstinence predict subsequent drinking patterns?

Aims and Objectives

In this paper, we analyze the demographic and clinical characteristics of participants who at treatment entry desired abstinence compared to participants who did not and subsequent 2.5-year alcohol-use patterns among participants who desired abstinence compared to participants who did not.

Methodology

This section mainly focuses on designing a comprehensive methodology in resemblance of proposed research study. Though, research is undertaken to get findings about a topic by taking into consideration some facts, experiences, concepts, hypotheses, principles and laws. A well designed research defines the problem clearly, takes on proper technique, discourses objective evidence, argues logically and provides valuable inferences which provides the researcher with practical insight of complete study. It is critically important to carefully select the appropriate methodology for research by considering purpose of study, research questions and available resource. The process of research design leads the research towards accomplishing concrete research. If researcher makes the best selection and uses this step appropriately he or she can get much valid results.

This will be a longitudinal experiment lasting two years and measuring sobriety for up to one year. There will be one dependent variable and three independent variables. I chose this design for its' simplicity and the huge grant money offered by the various states and Samhsa. In reality this may be a design of one independent variable with three levels of manipulation, but I have chosen the design as it stands.

I anticipate the reporting of 1000 participants in each sample group by the end of the experiment. The participants will be voluntary, but offered ...