The British Journal of Psychiatry 129: 544-546 (1976)
© 1976 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Recruitment of problem drinkers
D Cameron and M Spence
As the first phase of a project designed to institute controlled drinking
as a therapeutic goal for alcoholics, it was decied to recruit volunteers
who were dissatisfied with their present mode of drinking but who had not
previously sought help. This was done by requesting them to phone a private
number. When these volunteers had been recruited it was proposed to modify
their drinking habits to their own requirements, using non-averse training,
drinking practice and ongoing group psychotherapy. This project however has
not been implemented because of paucity of volunteers. The methods of
recruitement are listed and those drinkers who volunteered are described.
The reasons for the low rate of response are discussed.
