Just a sidenote: The speaker says she participated in organization which gives anonymous phone advice to people, and then she claims the organization has good results. Question: How does she know?
The same problems as with Alcoholics Anonymous should apply. Since AA does not store records it’s very hard for studies to analyze its effectiveness. This wikipedia page lists various studies which show (or don’t show) the effectiveness of AA.
The effectiveness of AA is of high interest for anti-drug research. If it can’t be analyzed on AA-scale then it probably can’t be analyzed by a single individual working at a phone.
It’s probably better to just shrug it off as a personal opinion of the reporter and focus on the main point instead.
Just a sidenote: The speaker says she participated in organization which gives anonymous phone advice to people, and then she claims the organization has good results. Question: How does she know?
The same problems as with Alcoholics Anonymous should apply. Since AA does not store records it’s very hard for studies to analyze its effectiveness. This wikipedia page lists various studies which show (or don’t show) the effectiveness of AA. The effectiveness of AA is of high interest for anti-drug research. If it can’t be analyzed on AA-scale then it probably can’t be analyzed by a single individual working at a phone.
It’s probably better to just shrug it off as a personal opinion of the reporter and focus on the main point instead.
That’s a fair question. I don’t know that the lack of feedback means that such organizations shouldn’t exist, though.