How to have a high success rate in treatment: advice for evaluators of alcoholism programs
- 1 June 1996
- Vol. 91 (6), 779-785
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1360-0443.1996.9167795.x
Abstract
Two seasoned alcohol treatment researchers offer tongue-in-cheek advice to novice program evaluators faced with increasing pressure to show high success rates. Based on published examples, they advise: (1) choose only good prognosis cases to evaluate; (2) keep follow-up periods as short as possible; (3) avoid control and comparison groups; (4) choose measures carefully; (5) focus only on alcohol outcomes; (6) use liberal definitions of success; (7) rely solely upon self-report and (8) always declare victory regardless of findings.Keywords
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