title: The 'pressures to change' approach to working with the partners of heavy drinkers.
abstract: The 'Pressures to Change' approach to working with the partners of drinkers is a structured procedure for promoting change in resistant drinkers. In this study 22 women and one man were randomly allocated to two treatment conditions and one no-treatment waiting list control condition in an experimental evaluation of the procedure. Group 1 was treated individually and Group 2 was treated as a group. Almost two-thirds of the drinking partners of clients in treatment made a significant move towards change, compared with none of the drinkers in the waiting list control condition.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Administration and Social Work, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Barber
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Crisp
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D017004:Codependency, Psychological; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008388:Marital Therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome