BMJ  2005;331 (10 September), doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7516.0

Treatment options for alcoholism haven't advanced

Social behaviour and network therapy—a new approach to treating alcoholism—seems to be as good as the proved method of motivational enhancement therapy, but it doesn't seem to offer additional benefits. In a pragmatic randomised trial that included 742 clients with alcohol problems and followed them up for 12 months, the UKATT Research Team (p 541) found no significant differences between the groups in alcohol consumption, alcohol dependence, and alcohol related problems. Although the new treatment was on average more expensive, the cost effectiveness of the two treatments also did not show any significant differences (p 544).

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