@article{ref1,
title="Secondary prevention of alcohol problems in rural areas using a bibliotherapy-based approach",
journal="Journal of rural mental health",
year="2017",
author="Connors, Gerard J. and Walitzer, Kimberly S. and Prince, Mark A. and Kubiak, Audrey",
volume="41",
number="2",
pages="162-173",
abstract="This study investigated the relative effects of three 12-week secondary prevention interventions for problem drinking men and women in rural counties in New York State. The participants were 111 self-referred men and women without severe dependence on alcohol who nevertheless reported heavy drinking and a desire to reduce their alcohol consumption. They were assigned randomly to one of three 12-week interventions focused on reducing alcohol intake: bibliotherapy (a self-directed manual) alone, bibliotherapy with one telephone-administered motivational interview, or bibliotherapy with one telephone-administered motivational interview and six biweekly telephone therapy sessions. <br><br>RESULTS showed that, across conditions, participants significantly increased their abstinent and light drinking days and significantly decreased their heavy drinking days over the course of treatment and a 12-month follow-up period. In addition, participants reported moderate reductions in alcohol consequences and increases in confidence not to drink heavily across a variety of situations from pre- to posttreatment, with these changes remaining stable across the course of the follow-up. Use of the drinking reduction strategies presented in the self-directed manual also remained stable from posttreatment to the 12-month follow-up. These results provide support for consideration of bibliotherapy for rural problem drinkers who are not severely dependent on alcohol, with or without the addition of telephone contacts.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1935-942X",
doi="10.1037/rmh0000073",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rmh0000073"
}