Gender differences in mutual-help attendance one year after treatment: Swedish and U.S. samples.

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
Jane Witbrodt, Anders Romelsjo

Abstract

In the United States, many people turn to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and other mutual-help groups as a first source of help for an alcohol or drug problem, whereas others are introduced to AA while in treatment. Because AA and similar groups in the United States add to the treatment system and function without governmental funds, they represent an important element in ongoing care for individuals with substance-use disorders in the health care system. In countries with free (or more affordable) and more comprehensive systems of care, their role is less clearly defined. In this study, we compared men and women from representative treatment samples from studies with parallel designs, one Swedish (n = 1,525) and the other American (n = 926), to explore whether rates and correlates of attendance at 1-year follow- up (63% and 78% followed) differ by gender. We explore individual characteristics (demographic, severity, motivational) and formal and informal influences (treatment, mutual help, coercive, social) as possible help-seeking correlates of attendance. In both countries, similar proportions of men and women attended mutual-help groups. However, twice as many U.S. clients reported attendance. Moreover, twice as many U.S. clients...Continue Reading

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Mar 1, 2012·Alcohol and Alcoholism : International Journal of the Medical Council on Alcoholism·Olivia CurzioSabrina Molinaro
Jan 28, 2016·Nordic Journal of Psychiatry·Ewa GruszczyńskaJan Chodkiewicz
Dec 17, 2010·Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research·Yael Chatav SchonbrunMichael D Stein
Jun 22, 2011·Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research·Jane Witbrodt, Kevin Delucchi

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