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Assertive Community Treatment for alcohol dependence (ACTAD): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

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Title
Assertive Community Treatment for alcohol dependence (ACTAD): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
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Trials, February 2012
DOI 10.1186/1745-6215-13-19
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Helen Gilburt, Tom Burns, Alex Copello, Simon Coulton, Michael Crawford, Ed Day, Paolo Deluca, Christine Godfrey, Steve Parrott, Abigail K Rose, Julia M A Sinclair, Christine Wright, Colin Drummond

Abstract

Alcohol dependence is a significant and costly problem in the UK yet only 6% of people a year receive treatment. Current service provision based on the treatment of acute episodes of illness and emphasising personal choice and motivation results in a small proportion of these patients engaging with alcohol treatment. There is a need for interventions targeted at the population of alcohol dependent patients who are hard to engage in conventional treatment. Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), a model of care based on assertive outreach, has been used for treating patients with severe mental illnesses and presents a promising avenue for engaging patients with primary alcohol dependence. So far there has been little research on this.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 94 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 15 16%
Researcher 13 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 11%
Other 8 9%
Student > Bachelor 7 7%
Other 21 22%
Unknown 20 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 18 19%
Psychology 18 19%
Social Sciences 13 14%
Nursing and Health Professions 10 11%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 2%
Other 7 7%
Unknown 26 28%