Sökning: "abstinence rates"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden abstinence rates.
1. The Minnesota model treatment for substance dependence : program evaluation in a Swedish setting
Sammanfattning : The Minnesota model treatment for substance dependence is a group-based psychosocial intervention program that rests on the principles and twelve-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). The model was introduced to Sweden in 1983-84, and is currently used as the main treatment method in twenty-five percent of the addiction treatment units in the country. LÄS MER
2. Smoking Cessation : Treatment Intensity and Outcome in Randomized Clinical Trials
Sammanfattning : The primary aim was to compare the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions of different intensities in a clinical dental and a telephone setting in Sweden.Methods: A total of 300 smokers were randomized to High or Low Intensity Treatment (HIT or LIT) at the Public Dental Service, County Council of Västmanland. LÄS MER
3. Motivational interviewing in smoking cessation : effectiveness, active components, and acquisition of counsellor skills
Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall aims of the present thesis are to investigate the effectiveness and active components of Motivational Interviewing (MI) in telephone-based smoking cessation treatment, and to explore the acquisition of MI skills of smoking cessation counsellors. Method: The setting of all included studies was the Swedish National Tobacco Quitline (SNTQ). LÄS MER
4. Forecasting myocardial infarction and subsequent behavioural outcomes
Sammanfattning : This thesis is compiled from four studies dealing with the prediction of myocardial infarction (MI) and some associated risk behaviours post MI.Study 1 extends the field of possible psychosocial stress-triggering of MI to Sweden, and to the phenomenon of temporal crests and troughs in national MI rates. LÄS MER
5. The monoamine stabilizer (-)-OSU6162 : a potential novel treatment for alcohol use disorders
Sammanfattning : Alcohol use disorder (AUD) represent a major health problem worldwide. Despite the severe consequences of AUD, only four medications are approved in Sweden for this disease. In addition, the prescription rates are low, partly due to varying clinical efficacy of these medications. Consequently, new, more effective pharmacotherapies are needed. LÄS MER