title: Use of coercion in the outpatient treatment of alcoholism.
abstract: Attendance patterns of voluntary patients at an alcoholism clinic were compared with those of persons convicted of drunken driving who were required to attend the clinic as a condition of probation. The attendance rate of the coerced patients was much superior to that of the voluntary patients.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001900:Boston; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010352:Patient Dropouts; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012926:Social Control, Formal