Comment on Miller and Hester's "Inpatient alcoholism treatment: Who benefits?"

W. R. Miller and R. K. Hester (see record 1986-28253-001) conclude that inpatient treatment of alcoholism is no more effective than outpatient treatment of alcoholism for most individuals. However, they fail to adequately distinguish between alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence, draw their conclusions from admittedly methodologically weak studies, and appear to prefer outpatient treatment because it is cheaper. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)