Alcoholism: a controlled trial of "treatment" and "advice".
Two groups of alcoholics received either one counseling session or several months of in- and outpatient treatment. One year later there were no significant differences in outcome between the two groups.
D000436:Alcoholics Anonymous; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000628:therapy*; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003376:Counseling; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008388:Marital Therapy; D008393:Marriage; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy