The Use of Emerging Technologies in Alcohol Treatment

Emerging technologies, such as the Internet and text messaging, have an ever-growing role in providing services to problem drinkers. This article summarizes selected examples of emerging technologies that have been developed and implemented as stand-alone interventions and as part of other face-to-f...

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Autores principales: Cunningham, John A., Kypri, Kypros, McCambridge, Jim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3860543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23580017
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Sumario:Emerging technologies, such as the Internet and text messaging, have an ever-growing role in providing services to problem drinkers. This article summarizes selected examples of emerging technologies that have been developed and implemented as stand-alone interventions and as part of other face-to-face interventions. It provides a taste of the different opportunities available for implementing emerging technologies as a way to improve the accessibility and effectiveness of services for problem drinkers.

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