Improving Treatments for Alcohol Use Disorder: The Next Step for Alcoholics Anonymous
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2014
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Haverford College. Department of Psychology
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The current thesis first identifies the condition known as alcohol use disorder, its prevalence across the population, and the current treatments for the disorder. Next, we give particular attention to the program of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and its important function as the most publicly recognized form of treatment for alcohol use disorder, also known as alcoholism. Subsequently, a recommendation for the future treatment of alcoholism is offered detailing how treatments must be combined and systematized according to types of personalities of people with alcohol use disorder (PAUDs) and types of behaviors exhibited by PAUDs. Finally, it is suggested how and why practices of Alcoholics Anonymous can be improved to produce successful rates, including a deduction of reasons it has remained unchanged thus far.