Main description:

Project MATCH was a large-scale treatment evaluation study established by the US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse to determine whether the treatment of alcoholism could be improved by matching different types of alcoholics with the most appropriate kinds of treatment. This book, edited by the two principal investigators, was the first comprehensive report of Project MATCH, the largest treatment study ever conducted with alcoholics. It describes the rationale, methods, results and implications of the study, and presents findings about how treatment works, for whom it is most effective, and who does best in different kinds of treatment. It also offers some of the first scientific evidence on the effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous. The audience for this book is broad, including researchers, clinicians and policy makers in the field of alcoholism and addiction.

Contents:

List of contributors; Note from series editor; Preface; Part I. Design and Implementation: 1. Matching alcoholism treatment to client heterogeneity: the genesis of project MATCH John P. Allen, Thomas F. Babor, Margaret E. Mattson and Ronald M. Kadden; 2. Planning a multisite matching trial: organizational structure and research design Frances K. Del Boca, Margaret E. Mattson, Richard Fuller and Thomas F. Babor; 3. Clinical assessment: measuring matching characteristics and treatment outcomes Gerard J. Connors, William R. Miller, Raymond F. Anton and J. Scott Tonigan; 4. Therapies for matching: selection, development, implementation, and costs Dennis M. Donovan, Kathleen M. Carroll, Ronald M. Kadden, Carlo D. DiClemente and Bruce J. Rounsaville; 5. Client characteristics and implementation of the research protocol Allen Zweben, Frances K. Del Boca, Margaret E. Mattson and Bonnie McRee; Part II. Findings: 6. The matching hypotheses: rationale and predictions Ronald M. Kadden, Richard Longabaugh and Philip W. Wirtz; 7. Primary treatment outcomes and matching effects: outpatient arm Robert Stout, Frances K. Del Boca, Joseph Carbonari, Robert Rychtarik, Mark D. Litt and Ned L. Cooney; 8. Primary treatment outcomes and matching effects: aftercare arm Carrie Randall, Frances K. Del Boca, Margaret E. Mattson, Robert Rychtarik, Ned L. Cooney, Dennis M. Donovan, Richard Longabaugh and Philip W. Wirtz; 9. Treatment effects across multiple dimensions of outcome Thomas F. Babor, Karen Steinberg, Allen Zweben, Ron Cisler, Robert Stout, J. Scott Tonigan, Raymond F. Anton and John P. Allen; 10. A look inside treatment: therapist effects, the therapeutic alliance, and the process of intentional behavior change Carlo C. DiClemente, Kathleen M. Carroll, William R. Miller, Gerard J. Connors and Dennis M. Donovan; 11. Participation and involvement in Alcoholics Anonymous J. Scott Tonigan, Gerard J. Connors and William R. Miller; Part III. Conclusions and Implications: 12. Summary and conclusions William R. Miller and Richard Longabaugh; 13. Clinical and scientific implications of project MATCH Ned L. Cooney, Thomas F. Babor, Carlo C. DiClemente and Frances K. Del Boca; Appendix; References; Index.