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AA<br />

! Dropout rate unknown?<br />

! Comparing AA to insight oriented, behavior, and<br />

nontreatment (Brandsma et al., 1980).<br />

! AA highest drop out (68%) other groups =57%; AA was<br />

no more successful than any of the other group<br />

therapies for those finishing study<br />

! Project Match found all performed about the same<br />

! AA claims 2 out of 3 stop who want to stop?<br />

! Recent evidence<br />

! show better outcomes when patients participate in AA<br />

rather than in a formal treatment program alone<br />

! Treatment costs are lower for AA group(45%)<br />

! How does it work?<br />

! Conversion, meaning, maturity, social support, etc

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