In:
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, Wiley, Vol. 9, No. 3 ( 1985-05), p. 244-247
Abstract:
During the first year after treatment, 44% of a sample of alcohol abusers reported relapse to alcohol use. Relapse rate Increased to a peak at 6 months after treatment and then decined. Depressed or anxious mood was the reason most frequently given (31%) for relapse. Of subjects who relapsed, almost half (42%) reported a subsequent return to abstinence which was then maintained for the remainder of the foNowup period. Of these subjects, half (51%) reported the duration of the drinking period to be less than 2 weeks. Of subjects showing a daily drinking pattern prior to treatment, 20% showed a dairy drinking pattern after relapse, 46% showed bouts of drinking and abstinence, and 33% showed abstinence with no further drinking. Of subjects snowing bouts of drinking prior to treatment, none showed a deify drinking pattern after relapse, 44% showed bouts of drinking and abstinence, and 56% showed abstinence with no further drinking. There was no significant effect of sex or age on relapse rate, time to relapse, or reasons for relapse.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0145-6008
,
1530-0277
DOI:
10.1111/acer.1985.9.issue-3
DOI:
10.1111/j.1530-0277.1985.tb05744.x
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
1985
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2046886-6
detail.hit.zdb_id:
3167872-5
SSG:
15,3
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