Muckle, Wendy and Muckle, Jamie and Welch, Vivian and Tugwell, Peter (2012) Managed alcohol as a harm reduction intervention for alcohol addiction in populations at high risk for substance abuse. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (12), Art. No.: CD006747. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006747.pub2.
External website: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/1...
Managed alcohol programmes (MAPs) are harm reduction initiatives that treat the alcohol abuse of vulnerable people by serving controlled amounts of alcohol on a daily schedule, with the goal of ensuring individuals consume safe alcoholic beverages in an environment that has been shown to retain vulnerable people in treatment programmes, decrease alcohol consumption and improve social functioning (decreasing criminal activity, seeking regular medical care and improving quality of life). As well as MAP, there are alternative interventions such as brief intervention, moderate drinking and abstinence oriented 12-step programmes. With the exception of 12-step programmes, which emphasise abstinence, these interventions are aimed at changing drinking patterns and reducing the associated behaviours. No experimental studies were available to demonstrate the effectiveness of MAPs in reducing alcohol use or antisocial behaviour compared with other treatments.
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder (addiction) > Alcohol use disorder > Alcohol dependence
HJ Treatment or recovery method > Substance disorder treatment method
HJ Treatment or recovery method > Psychosocial treatment method > Individual therapy > Brief intervention
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Risk and protective factors
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Harm reduction > Substance use harm reduction
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Health care administration > Health care quality control
VA Geographic area > International
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