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Why people enter treatment for alcohol problems: Findings from UK Alcohol Treatment Trial pre‐treatment interviews
previously published in TJSU 11(3): 161–176.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Why people enter treatment for alcohol problems: Findings from UK Alcohol Treatment Trial pre-treatment interviews
JIM ORFORD1, CICELY KERR2, ALEX COPELLO1, RAY HODGSON3, TINA ALWYN4, RACHEL BLACK5, MELANIE SMITH6, GILL THISTLETHWAITE7, ALISON WESTWOOD7, & GARY SLEGG8, on behalf of the UKATT Research Team.
1School of Psychology, The University of Birmingham/Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK, 2Department of Primary Care and Population Services, University College London, London, UK, 3Alcohol Education and Research Council, London, UK, 4Centre for Psychology, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, UK, 5Psychological Therapies Service, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK, 6Academic Division of Clinical Psychology, School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 7Leeds Addiction Unit, Leeds Mental Health NHS Trust, Leeds, UK, and 8Section of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Medical and Social Care Research, University of Wales, Bangor, UK.
Abstract
Aim: To develop a model of why people seek professional treatment for drinking problems, grounded in what clients say about the process at treatment entry.
Participants: Three sets of consecutive entrants to the UK Alcohol Treatment Trial, sets commencing at intervals during trial recruitment (total n=98).
Location: Statutory and non‐statutory alcohol problem treatment agencies in three areas of England and Wales.
Data: Open‐ended interviews according to a brief interview guide, leading to 400–800‐word post‐interview reports used for analysis (tape recordings used for auditing the interview and analysis process).
Analysis: Reports analysed by a team according to grounded theory principles, involving an iterative process with successive refinement of interviewing and analysis with each successive set of data.
Findings: A model of professional treatment entry was developed, refined and “tested” with the last set of data. The process of seeking professional treatment was depicted in the model as involving a realization of worsening, accumulating and multiple problems related to drinking, especially in health and family domains; in conjunction with, in most cases (but not all), a trigger event and/or family or professional influence; combined with rejection of the possibility of unaided change or non‐professional help; leading to the seeking or accepting of professional help.
Conclusions: The findings support conclusions already in the literature about the process of seeking professional help for a drinking problem, but provide further refinement of existing ideas: for example