Article Excerpt: Short message servicing (SMS) is a relatively new technique in intervention programs, and has begun to emerge in maintenance programs as well. Although this method has been shown to be effective in its infancy, few researchers have stopped to ask clients what messages they think would be most effective in helping them stay clean. Frederick Muench of the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University recently surveyed 50 people who were part of an outpatient addiction program, asking them what messages would promote behavior change and be most valuable to them throughout their recovery.
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