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The study showing that Alcoholics Anonymous as as effective, or more effective, than psychotherapy (see ?Research: AA is better pathway to abstinence than psychotherapy,? ADAW March 16, https://onlinelibrary wiley com/doi/full/10 1002/adaw 32655) was published a few days before COVID-19 federal and state restrictions on group gatherings (?social distancing?) took effect, making AA and other meetings untenable This seems like cruel timing But John Kelly, Ph D , one of the authors of the study, provided the below infographic to ADAW on other meetings And Keith Humphreys, Ph D , co-author, was quoted recently on ABC News saying that he is concerned about patients with extreme mental health issues such as addiction, for whom face-to-face contact is key
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