Couples therapy can be the best choice for alcohol-dependent women with supportive spouses

Barbara McCrady and Elizabeth Epstein wanted to know whether cognitive behaviour therapy worked better for alcohol-dependent women when delivered as couples therapy than when delivered as individual therapy. They reported recently that both treatment methods worked well, but women treated in couples therapy maintained their gains a bit better than those in individual therapy. Also, women suffering from depression in addition to alcohol-dependence did better in couples therapy. Their paper appeared recently in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology...

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