Treatment Matching in Alcoholism

by Thomas F. Babor, Frances K. Del Boca

Overview

Project MATCH was a large-scale treatment evaluation study established by the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse to determine whether the treatment of alcoholism could be improved by matching different types of alcoholics with the most appropriate kinds of treatment. This book, edited by the two principal investigators, is the first comprehensive report of Project MATCH, the largest alcoholism treatment study ever conducted. It describes the rationale, methods, results and implications of the study, and presents new findings about how treatment works, for whom it is most effective, and who does best in different kinds of treatment. It also offers some of the first scientific evidence of the effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous—DCO.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521177269
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/07/2010
Series:	International Research Monographs in the Addictions
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Thomas E. Babor is Professor and Chairman in the Department of Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, where he was the scientific director of the Alcohol Research Center. He was principal investigator of the Coordinating Center of Project MATCH, as well as several other multicentre clinical trials of treatment for alcoholism and drug abuse.

Frances K. Del Boca is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, and Director of Assessment at the Alcohol and Substance Use Research Institute, University of South Florida. She was co-principal investigator at the Coordinating Center for Project MATCH in Farmington, Connecticut.

Table of Contents

List of contributors; Note from series editor; Preface; Part I. Design and Implementation: 1. Matching alcoholism treatment to client heterogeneity: the genesis of project MATCH John P. Allen, Thomas F. Babor, Margaret E. Mattson and Ronald M. Kadden; 2. Planning a multisite matching trial: organizational structure and research design Frances K. Del Boca, Margaret E. Mattson, Richard Fuller and Thomas F. Babor; 3. Clinical assessment: measuring matching characteristics and treatment outcomes Gerard J. Connors, William R. Miller, Raymond F. Anton and J. Scott Tonigan; 4. Therapies for matching: selection, development, implementation, and costs Dennis M. Donovan, Kathleen M. Carroll, Ronald M. Kadden, Carlo D. DiClemente and Bruce J. Rounsaville; 5. Client characteristics and implementation of the research protocol Allen Zweben, Frances K. Del Boca, Margaret E. Mattson and Bonnie McRee; Part II. Findings: 6. The matching hypotheses: rationale and predictions Ronald M. Kadden, Richard Longabaugh and Philip W. Wirtz; 7. Primary treatment outcomes and matching effects: outpatient arm Robert Stout, Frances K. Del Boca, Joseph Carbonari, Robert Rychtarik, Mark D. Litt and Ned L. Cooney; 8. Primary treatment outcomes and matching effects: aftercare arm Carrie Randall, Frances K. Del Boca, Margaret E. Mattson, Robert Rychtarik, Ned L. Cooney, Dennis M. Donovan, Richard Longabaugh and Philip W. Wirtz; 9. Treatment effects across multiple dimensions of outcome Thomas F. Babor, Karen Steinberg, Allen Zweben, Ron Cisler, Robert Stout, J. Scott Tonigan, Raymond F. Anton and John P. Allen; 10. A look inside treatment: therapist effects, the therapeutic alliance, and the process of intentional behavior change Carlo C. DiClemente, Kathleen M. Carroll, William R. Miller, Gerard J. Connors and Dennis M. Donovan; 11. Participation and involvement in Alcoholics Anonymous J. Scott Tonigan, Gerard J. Connors and William R. Miller; Part III. Conclusions and Implications: 12. Summary and conclusions William R. Miller and Richard Longabaugh; 13. Clinical and scientific implications of project MATCH Ned L. Cooney, Thomas F. Babor, Carlo C. DiClemente and Frances K. Del Boca; Appendix; References; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"The 26 scientists in the research group elegantly set the record straight in this monograph..." Jonathan Chick, Alcohol & Alcoholism

"Treatment Matching in Alcoholism is likely to be beneficial to researchers and academics in the drug and alcohol field. Clinicians and policy makers who have a research interest might also benefit from this text." Steven Ling, John Hunter Hospital, Drug and Alcohol Review

"...comprehensive and highly informative. ...a thoughtful and thought-provoking work that is a must-read for anyone in the field of alcoholism treatment." Substance Abuse

" Treatment Matching in Alcoholism is a well-written, highly accessible record of the conduct of, and findings from, a landmark alcohol treatment research project. The volume provides thoughtful, tempered consideration of the implications of Project MATCH's findings for clinical practice and research." Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and Other Drugs

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