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Minimal Intervention: A Little Quality for a Lot of Quantity?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

David Ryder
David Ryder*
Affiliation:
WA Alcohol andDrug Authority
*
WA Alcohol and Drug Authority, Carrellis Centre, 7 Field Street, Mount Lawley WA 6050
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Abstract

Since the helping professions are not immune to current conditions of economic stringency, effective treatments that require reduced therapist contact should be seriously considered. A selective review of the literature is presented, and it is concluded that minimal intervention is more cost effective particularly for less severe problems. Issues related to the nature of minimal intervention therapy are discussed.

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Research Article
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Behaviour Change , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , September 1988 , pp. 100 - 107
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 1988

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