Impact of the "Rand report" on alcoholics, treatment personnel and Boston residents.
Interviews with patients and staff at six alcoholism treatment centers, respondents in a random telephone sample, and a sample of homeless men considereded to need alcoholism treatment revealed little change in treatment program goals, no increase in patients seeking treatment, and few changes in drinking attributable to the "Rand report."
D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001290:Attitude; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001900:Boston; D005260:Female; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011639:Public Opinion; D012008:Recurrence