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SUBMITTER: Koffarnus MN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3156886 | biostudies-other | 2011 Sep-Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Koffarnus Mikhail N MN Wong Conrad J CJ Diemer Karly K Needham Mick M Hampton Jacqueline J Fingerhood Michael M Svikis Dace S DS Bigelow George E GE Silverman Kenneth K
Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) 20110527 5
<h4>Aims</h4>To assess the efficacy of the Therapeutic Workplace, a substance abuse intervention that promotes abstinence while simultaneously addressing the issues of poverty and lack of job skills, in promoting abstinence from alcohol among homeless alcoholics.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants (n = 124) were randomly assigned to conditions either requiring abstinence from alcohol to engage in paid job skills training (Contingent Paid Training group), offering paid job skills training with no abstin ...[more]