title: Assertion training and human relations training in the treatment of chronic alcoholics.
abstract: The effects of milieu therapy plus assertion training were compared to those of milieu therapy plus human relations training in reducing drinking behavior and increasing interpersonal skills, of skill-deficient, chronic alcoholics in an alcoholic rehabilitation center. Although both treatments led to comparable sobriety rates at a 6-week follow-up, the treatment group which contained assertion training demonstrated significant gains in interpersonal skills as compared to the treatment group which contained human relations training. A 2-year sobriety significantly longer than the human relations training group.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000628:therapy*; D001242:Assertiveness; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008884:Milieu Therapy; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods