title: A Russian-American approach to the treatment of alcoholism in Russia: preliminary results.
abstract: The enormous cost of alcoholism to Russian society threatens to block the current transition towards a functioning democracy. The authors describe the introduction of a 12-Step based psychotherapeutic treatment approach at the Recovery Treatment Center in Moscow. This program is the result of extensive collaboration between American addiction experts, Russian psychologists and recovering alcoholics since 1990. Preliminary outcome data and analysis of in-depth interviews with fifteen patients who successfully completed treatment at this center suggest this approach can be successfully introduced into Russia in a way that has special relevance to the current democratic transformation in the society at large.
authors.affiliation: U.S. State Department, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nebelkopf
mesh_terms: D000436:Alcoholics Anonymous; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D009031:Moscow; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D012426:Russia; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce