Is Controlled Drinking an Acceptable Goal in the Treatment of Alcohol Dependence? A Survey of French Alcohol Specialists

Assessing acceptance of controlled drinking (CD) among French alcohol specialists. On-line survey of 547 French alcohol specialists. We searched factors associated with acceptance of CD, and factors that affected the specialists' selection of treatment goal. Criteria for success used by special...

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Published in:Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford) 2011-09, Vol.46 (5), p.586-591
Main Authors: LUQUIENS, A, REYNAUD, M, AUBIN, H. J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acceptance
Addictive behaviors
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Alcohol Drinking - metabolism
Alcohol Drinking - psychology
Alcohol Drinking - therapy
Alcoholism
Alcoholism - metabolism
Alcoholism - psychology
Alcoholism - therapy
Alcoholism and acute alcohol poisoning
Attitude of Health Personnel
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical practice
Clinical trials
Clinical Trials as Topic
Data Collection
Electronic Mail
France
Goals
Humans
Internet
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Moderate drinking
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Software
Specialists
Specialization
Temperance - psychology
Toxicology
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Summary:Assessing acceptance of controlled drinking (CD) among French alcohol specialists. On-line survey of 547 French alcohol specialists. We searched factors associated with acceptance of CD, and factors that affected the specialists' selection of treatment goal. Criteria for success used by specialists in clinical practice were compared with criteria expected to be used in clinical trials. CD was accepted as a treatment goal by 48.6% of alcohol specialists (n = 105, n = 216), and 61.9% practiced CD for their own patients (n = 130, n = 210). Factors in selecting outcome goals were: patient's choice, perceived self-efficacy, relapse history and severity of dependence. Age, profession and basis of specialists' opinion on CD were associated with acceptance of CD. Half of French alcohol specialists accept CD as a goal. Acceptance was associated with specialists' personal and professional characteristics. The criteria for success specialists use in their clinical practice differ from those they expect to be used in clinical trials.
ISSN:0735-0414
1464-3502
DOI:10.1093/alcalc/agr083