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By Allison Bond NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who get treatment for alcoholism don't just improve their own health and wellbeing, they also transform their children's home life for the better, according to a recent study. "Alcohol dependence, as well as its treatment, are complicated," said Daniel Rounsaville, lead author of the study and a psychologist at Meadow's Edge Recovery Center in North Kingston, Rhode Island. "It's great to know that the treatment doesn't just help the individual, but also the larger family system, that there are trickle-down effects of the treatment," Rounsaville told Reuters Health. The study included 67 Massachusetts couples with a male partner seeking treatment for alcoholism and with children between the ages of four and 16.