Peter G. Booth
University of Liverpool
12 Papers
131 Citations
Peter G. Booth is an academic researcher from University of Liverpool. The author has contributed to research in topics: Attendance & Abstinence. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 12 publications.
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Papers
Maladaptive Cognitive Schemas in Alcohol Dependence: Changes Associated with a Brief Residential Abstinence Program
TL;DR: Following a brief (3-week) period of abstinence and participation in a psycho-educational program, the ADC group demonstrated significant improvements in relation to depression, anxiety, and 13 out of 15 maladaptive schema beliefs.
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Treatment-seeking for alcohol problems: The influence of mirroring events and windows of opportunity
TL;DR: The findings indicate how practitioners might encourage treatment-seeking, particularly for participants who may not appear ready to change, and suggest an alternative view that treatment- seeking is externally influenced and the result of a step-wise rather than gradual process.
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The effects of telephone prompting on attendance for starting treatment and retention in treatment at a specialist alcohol clinic.
TL;DR: Clients who were prompted were more likely to start treatment and attend further treatment sessions than clients who were not prompted.
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Dissimilar representations of alcohol problems, patient–significant other relationship quality, distress and treatment attendance
TL;DR: Dissimilar beliefs in patients and significant others were important for both entry into aftercare and subsequent number of aftercare groups attended, after age and severity of dependency had been controlled for.
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Treatment outcome following day care for alcohol dependency: the effects of reducing programme length
TL;DR: Reducing the programme length significantly increased the number of patients completing the programme at no cost to clinical effectiveness, and the outcomes to those of the original programme were compared.
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