Author | Sobell, Mark B. author |
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Title | Behavioral Treatment of Alcohol Problems [electronic resource] : Individualized Therapy and Controlled Drinking / by Mark B. Sobell, Linda C. Sobell |
Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1978 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3964-9 |
Descript | XV, 225 p. 26 illus. online resource |
1 The Nature of Alcohol Problems -- Traditional Concepts of Alcohol Problems -- A Conceptual Reformulation -- Differences between Traditional and Empirically Derived Concepts -- Conclusion -- 2 Alternatives to Abstinence: A Departure from Tradition -- โOnce an Alcoholic, Always an Alcoholic!โ: Tradition Contradicted -- A New Look at an Old Problem -- Individualized Behavior Therapy (IBT): A Nontraditional Approach -- Traditionalists Respond to the Mounting Evidence -- Nonproblem Drinking Outcomes: Unexpected Consequences -- Conclusions and Cautions against Misinterpretation -- 3 The Functional Analysis of Drinking Behavior -- A Functional Analysis Model of Drinking Decisions -- What Constitutes a Drinking Problem -- A Detailed Consideration of the Model -- Implications: Strategies for Intervention -- Further Considerations -- 4 The Early Patton Studies: An Empirical Foundation -- The Research Setting, Circa 1969 -- Baseline Drinking Behavior -- Videotape Self-Confrontation: A Demonstration of the Value of Scientific Method in Clinical Research -- Modifying Drinking Behavior -- Reinterpreting the Adage: โFirst Drink, Then Drunkโ -- Evidence for a Learning Deficiency -- Integrating the Early Research -- 5 Individualized Behavior Therapy (IBT): A Broad-Spectrum Behavioral Approach -- Experimental Design -- Treatment Procedures -- 6 IBT: Emergence of New Treatment Evaluation Measures and Procedures -- IBT Follow-Up Procedures -- IBT Outcome Measures: Drinking Behavior -- IBT Adjunctive Outcome Measures of Life Health -- Summary Measures of IBT Outcome -- Length of Follow-Up: How Long is Long Enough? -- A Look Back at IBT Follow-Up And a Look Ahead -- On the Use of Self-Reported Data -- Concluding Comments -- 7 IBT: Results -- Within-Treatment Results -- Follow-Up Results -- Predictors of Treatment Outcome -- Summary of IBT Results -- 8 IBT: Interpretation of Results -- Follow-Up Procedures and the Interpretation of Outcome Variables -- The Value of Multiple Measures of Outcome -- Controlled Drinking as an Outcome -- Other Considerations -- A Final Analysis -- 9 IBT in Retrospect -- Specific Treatment Components -- Control Group Assignments -- Controlled Drinking from the Subjectsโ Viewpoint -- Follow-Up as Continued Care -- Reflections on a Large-Scale Clinical Research Project -- 10 IBT in Private Practice and Outpatient Programs -- Differences between Inpatient and Outpatient Treatment -- General Considerations -- Outpatient Behavioral Treatment Methods -- Concluding Comments -- References and Selected Readings