Thomas E. Babor is Professor and Chairman in the Department of Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, where he was the scientific director of the Alcohol Research Center. He was principal investigator of the Coordinating Center of Project MATCH, as well as several other multicentre clinical trials of treatment for alcoholism and drug abuse. Frances K. Del Boca is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, and Director of Assessment at the Alcohol and Substance Use Research Institute, University of South Florida. She was co-principal investigator at the Coordinating Center for Project MATCH in Farmington, Connecticut.

• List of contributors; Note from series editor; Preface; Part I. Design and Implementation: 1. Matching alcoholism treatment to client heterogeneity: the genesis of project MATCH John P. Allen, Thomas F. Babor, Margaret E. Mattson and Ronald M. Kadden; 2. Planning a multisite matching trial: organizational structure and research design Frances K. Del Boca, Margaret E. Mattson, Richard Fuller and Thomas F. Babor; 3. Clinical assessment: measuring matching characteristics and treatment outcomes Gerard J. Connors, William R. Miller, Raymond F. Anton and J. Scott Tonigan; 4. Therapies for matching: selection, development, implementation, and costs Dennis M. Donovan, Kathleen M. Carroll, Ronald M. Kadden, Carlo D. DiClemente and Bruce J. Rounsaville; 5. Client characteristics and implementation of the research protocol Allen Zweben, Frances K. Del Boca, Margaret E. Mattson and Bonnie McRee; Part II. Findings: 6. The matching hypotheses: rationale and predictions Ronald M. Kadden, Richard Longabaugh and Philip W. Wirtz; 7. Primary treatment outcomes and matching effects: outpatient arm Robert Stout, Frances K. Del Boca, Joseph Carbonari, Robert Rychtarik, Mark D. Litt and Ned L. Cooney; 8. Primary treatment outcomes and matching effects: aftercare arm Carrie Randall, Frances K. Del Boca, Margaret E. Mattson, Robert Rychtarik, Ned L. Cooney, Dennis M. Donovan, Richard Longabaugh and Philip W. Wirtz; 9. Treatment effects across multiple dimensions of outcome Thomas F. Babor, Karen Steinberg, Allen Zweben, Ron Cisler, Robert Stout, J. Scott Tonigan, Raymond F. Anton and John P. Allen; 10. A look inside treatment: therapist effects, the therapeutic alliance, and the process of intentional behavior change Carlo C. DiClemente, Kathleen M. Carroll, William R. Miller, Gerard J. Connors and Dennis M. Donovan; 11. Participation and involvement in Alcoholics Anonymous J. Scott Tonigan, Gerard J. Connors and William R. Miller; Part III. Conclusions and Implications: 12. Summary and conclusions William R. Miller and Richard Longabaugh; 13. Clinical and scientific implications of project MATCH Ned L. Cooney, Thomas F. Babor, Carlo C. DiClemente and Frances K. Del Boca; Appendix; References; Index.

Review of the hardback: '… a well-written, highly accessible record of the conduct of, and findings from, a landmark alcohol treatment research project. The volume provides thoughtful, tempered consideration of the implications of Project MATCH's findings for clinical practice and research.' Addiction