Evidence for Improving Outreach Programs

Anderson, P., Laurant, M., Kaner, E., Wensing, M., & Grol, R. “Engaging General Practitioners in the Management of Hazardous and Harmful Alcohol Consumption: Results of a Meta-Analysis” Journal of Studies on Alcohol 64 (2003): 191-9.

Arndt, S., Schultz, S.K., Turvey, C., & Petersen, A. “Screening for Alcoholism in the Primary Care Setting: Are We Talking to the Right People?” The Journal of Family Practice 51 (2002): 41-6.

Ballesteros, J., Duffy, J.C., Querejeta, I., Arino, J., & Gonzalez-Pinto, A. “Efficacy of Brief Interventions for Hazardous Drinkers in Primary Care: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses” Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research 28 (2004): 608-18.

Bien T.H., & Miller, W.R. “Brief Interventions for Alcohol Problems: A Review” Addiction 88 (1993): 315-36.

Booth, R.E., Corsi, K.F., & Mikulich, S.K. “Improving Entry to Methadone Maintenance Among Out-of-Treatment Injection Drug Users” Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 24 (2003): 305-11.

Chafetz, M.E. “A Procedure for Establishing Therapeutic Contact with the Alcoholic” Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol 22 (1961): 325-28.

Chafetz, M.E., Blane, H.T., Abram, H.S., Golner J.H., Lacy, E., McCourt, W.F., Clark, E., & Meyers, W. “Establishing Treatment Relations with Alcoholics” Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 134 (1962): 395-409.

Chafetz, M.E., Blane, H.T., Abram, H.S., Clark, E., Golner, J.H., Hastie, E.I., & McCourt, W.F. “Establishing Treatment Relations with Alcoholics: A Supplementary Report” Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 138 (1964): 390-3.

Chafetz, M.E. “Research in the Alcohol Clinic: An Around-the-Clock Psychiatric Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital” American Journal of Psychiatry 124 (1968): 1674-9.

Costello, E.J., Costello, A.J., Edelbrock, C., Burns, B.J., Dulcan, M.K. & Brent, D. “Psychiatric Disorders in Pediatric Primary Care: Prevalence and Risk Factors” Archives of General Psychiatry 45 (1988): 1107-16.

Costello, E.J. & Janiszewski, S. “Who Gets Treated? Factors Associated with Referrals in Children with Psychiatric Disorders” Acta Psychiatrica Scandanavica 81 (1990): 523-29.

Demone, H.W. “Experiments in Referral to Alcoholism Clinics” Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol 24 (1963): 495-502.

Friedmann, P.D.. McCullough, D., Chin, M.H., & Saitz, R. “Screening and Intervention for Alcohol Problems: A National Survey of Primary Care Physicians and Psychiatrists” Journal of General Internal Medicine 15 (2000): 84-91.

Friedmann, P.D., Lemon, S.C., & Stein, M.D. “Transportation and Retention in Outpatient Drug Abuse Treatment Programs” Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 21 (2001): 97-103.

Friedmann, P.D., Lemon, S.C., Stein, M.D., D’Aunno, T.A. “Community Referral Sources and Entry of Treatment-Naïve Clients into Outpatient Addiction Treatment” The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 29 (2003): 105-15.

Gottheil, E., Sterling, R.C., Weinstein, S.P. “Outreach Engagement Efforts: Are they Worth it?” American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 23 (1997): 61-6.

Intagliata, J. “A Telephone Follow-Up Procedure for Increasing the Effectiveness of a Treatment Program for Alcoholics” Journal of Studies on Alcohol 37 (1976): 1330-5.

Jackson, J.F., Rotkiewicz, L.G., Quinones, M.A., & Passannante, M.R. “A Coupon Program: Drug Treatment and AIDS education” International Journal of Addiction 24 (1989): 1035-51.

Koumans, A.J.R., & Muller, J.J. “Use of Letters to Increase Motivation in Alcoholics” Psychological Reports 16 (1965): 1152.

Koumans, A.J.R., Muller, J.J. & Muller, C.F. “Use of Telephone Calls to Increase Motivation for Treatment in Alcoholics” Psychological Reports 21 (1967): 327-8.

Kuchipudi, V. Hobein, K., Fleckinger, A. & Iber, F.L. “Failure of a 2-hour Motivational Intervention to Alter Recurrent Drinking Behavior in Alcoholics with Gastrointestinal Disease” Journal of Studies on Alcohol 51 (1990): 356-60.

Leshner, A.I. “Science-Based Views of Drug Addiction and its Treatment” JAMA 282 (1999): 1314-16

McCormick, R., Adams, P., Powell, A., Bunbury, D., Paton-Simpson, G., & McAvoy, B. “Encouraging General Practitioners to Take Up Screening and Early Intervention for Problem use of Alcohol: A Marketing Trial” Drug and Alcohol Review 18 (1999): 171-77.

Maddux, J.F., Prihoda, T.J., & Desmond, D.P. “Treatment Fees and Retention on Methadone Maintenance” The Journal of Drug Issues 24 (1994): 429-443.

Marlowe, D.B., Merikle, E.P., Kirby, K.C., Festinger, D.S., & McClellan, A.T. “Multidimensional Assessment of Perceived Treatment-Entry Pressures Among Substance Abusers.” Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 15 (2001): 97-108.

Melchior, L.A., Huba, G.J., Brown, V.B., & Slaughter, R. “Evaluation of the Effects of Outreach to Women with Multiple Vulnerabilities on Entry into Substance Abuse Treatment” Evaluation and Program Planning 22 (1999): 269-77.

Mitka, M. “Teachable Moments Provide a Means for Physicians to Lower Alcohol Abuse” JAMA 279 (1998): 1767-8

Moyer, A., Finney, J.W., Swearingen, C.E. & Vergun, P. “Brief Interventions for Alcohol Problems: A Meta-Analytic Review of Controlled Investigations in Treatment-Seeking and Non-Treatment-Seeking Populations” Addiction 97 (2002): 279-92.

Moyer, A., Finney, J.W., Elworth. J.T. & Kraemer, H.C. “Can Methodological Features Account for Patient-Treatment Matching Findings in the Alcohol Field?

Nirenberg, T.D., Sobell, L.C. & Sobell, M.B. “Effective and Inexpensive Procedures for Decreasing Client Attrition in an Outpatient Alcohol Treatment Program” American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Dependence 7 (1980): 73-82.

Panepinto, W.C. & Higgins, M.J. “Keeping Alcoholics in Treatment: Effective Follow-Through Procedures” Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol 30 (1969): 414-9.

Poikolainen, K. “Effectiveness of Brief Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Intake in Primary Health Care Populations: A Meta-Analysis” Preventive Medicine 28 (1999): 503-9.

Roche, A.M. & Freeman, T. “Brief Interventions: Good in Theory but Weak in Practice” Drug and Alcohol Review 23 (2004): 11-18.

Saunders, B., Wilkinson, C. & Phillips, M. “The Impact of a Brief Motivational Intervention with Opiate Users Attending a Methadone Programme” Addiction 90 (1995): 415-24.

Scott, M., Parthasarathy, S., Kohn, C., Hinman, A., Sterling, S., & Weisner, C. “Adolescents with Substance Diagnoses in an HMO: Factors Associated with Medical Provider Referrals to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment” Mental Health Services Research 6 (2004): 47-60.

Sorensen, J.L., Costantini, M.F., Wall, T.L. & Gibson, D.R. “Coupons Attract High-Risk Untreated Heroin Users into Detoxification” Drug and Alcohol Dependence 31 (1993): 247-52.

Stanton, M.D. “Getting Reluctant Substance Abusers to Engage in Treatment/Self-Help: A Review of Outcomes and Clinical Options” Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 30 (2004): 165-82.

Tam, T.W., Schmidt, L., & Weisner, C. “Patterns in the Institutional Encounters of Problem Drinkers in a Community Human Services Network” Addiction 91 (1996): 657-69

Wilk, A.I., Jensen, N.M., & Havighurst, T.C. “Meta-Analysis of randomized control trials addressing brief interventions in heavy alcohol drinkers” Journal of General Internal Medicine 12 (1997): 274-83.

Wedel, H.L. “Involving Alcoholics in Treatment” Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol 26 (1965): 468-479.

Weisner C. & Matzger, H. “Missed Opportunities in Addressing Drinking Behavior in Medical and Mental Health Services” Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 27 (2003): 1132-41.

Wells, E.A., Fleming, C., Calsyn, D.A., Jackson, T.R., & Saxon, A.J. “Users of Free Treatment Slots at a Community-Based Methadone Maintenance Clinic”Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 12 (1995): 13-18.