TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1975//
TI  - A behavioral intervention program for chronic public drunkenness offenders
JO  - Archives of general psychiatry
A1  - Miller, P. M.
SP  - 915
EP  - 918
VL  - 32
IS  - 7
N2  - A reinforcement contingency management system for ten chronic public drunkenness offenders was evaluated for short-term effects. Chronic inebriates were provided with required goods and services through skid row community agencies contingent on their sobriety. Intoxication resulted in a five-day suspension of all goods and services. Excessive drinking behavior was assessed by direct observations of intoxication and by randomly administered breath alcohol analyses. As a result of this intervention, subjects substantially decreased their number of public drunkenness arrests and their alcohol consumption, and increased their number of hours employed. No such changes were observed in a control group that received services on a noncontingent basis. Longer-term research studies of one to two years rather than a few months would be required before any widespread use of this approach would be warranted.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-990X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -