Effective and Inexpensive Procedures for Decreasing Client Attrition in an Outpatient Alcohol Treatment Program

Author(s)

Ted D. Nirenberg
Linda C. Sobell, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Mark B. Sobell, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1980

Publication Title

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volume

7

Issue/Number

1

First Page

73

ISSN

0095-2990

Last Page

82

Abstract/Excerpt

Dropout rates in alcohol treatment programs are typically quite high. Three studies with outpatient alcohol abusers investigated several different follow-through procedures designed to increase the return rate of clients who prematurely drop out of treatment. Subjects were also asked why they had abruptly left treatment. Inexpensive letter and telephone follow-through procedures were found to be effective at reducing early client attrition and at providing valuable information about the fate of dropouts.

ORCID ID

0000-0001-7705-3993

NSUWorks Citation

Nirenberg, T. D., Sobell, L. C., Sobell, M. B. (1980). Effective and Inexpensive Procedures for Decreasing Client Attrition in an Outpatient Alcohol Treatment Program. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 7(1), 73-82.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/45