Treatment and Recovery
Ensuring Solutions provides research-based information and resources on effective alcohol treatment and the barriers many people face when they seek help for a drinking problem. By working with major corporations, government agencies and leading organizations like the National Business Coalition on Health, and by drawing on the actual experiences of employers and ordinary people, Ensuring Solutions shows how successful efforts to increase access to alcohol treatment have improved the lives of many individuals and their families, increased productivity in the workplace and made our communities safer.
Investments in Alcohol Treatment Can Boost Employers' Bottom Lines
By providing alcohol treatment for employees, however, U.S. employers can contribute to community health and well-being while cutting down on their health care and other personnel costs.
Employer Commitment Can Help Overcome Obstacles to Effective Alcohol Treatment
Communities, employers, families and individuals forfeit critical opportunities when an employee or family member cannot get alcohol treatment. Expanding access to treatment, however, can make a world of difference. A unique partnership between Shell Oil and the health company ValueOptions addresses hurdles faced by problem drinkers.
Understanding the Problem Drinking Continuum
Alcohol problems occur long before a person develops alcoholism. The amount, frequency, and context of a person's alcohol consumption can cause trouble even among light and moderate drinkers.
Treating Alcoholism as a Chronic Disease
Treating alcoholism as a chronic disease instead of an acute illness can help reduce alcohol problems and improve outcomes.
The Active Ingredients of Effective Alcohol Treatment
Research shows that alcohol problems can be treated effectively with a combination of active ingredients that can be shaped into an individualized treatment plan.
Nine Elements of Effective Alcohol Treatment for Adolescents
Finding Common Ground: Improving Highway Safety With More Effective Interventions for Alcohol Problems
Improving the quality of interventions for driving under the influence of alcohol can ensure that greater numbers of Americans receive effective alcohol treatment.
Team Approach to Drug Treatment Shows Promise in Improving Traffic Safety
How Alcohol Complicates Medication Use
Learn how to reduce harmful interactions between alcohol and medications.