A randomized study of long-term out-patient treatment in alcoholics : Psychiatric treatment versus multimodal behavioural therapy, during 1 versus 2 years of treatment
(1992) In Alcohol and Alcoholism 27(6). p.649-658- Abstract
Seventy-two alcoholic patients (60 men and 12 women) were randomized into four groups who received psychiatric treatment (PT) or multimodal behavioural therapy (MBT), for either 1 or 2 years. PT was based on psychodynamic principles, and MBT is a cognitive-behavioural treatment. The patients accepting treatment had a mean age of 37 ± 9 years, and they were socially stable. There was no difference in attrition rate (35%) in relation to therapy and length of treatment. The rate of favourable drinking outcome during the third year was similar in all four alternatives, at 40-44%. A favourable drinking outcome was predicted by a better initial psychic status and few psychiatric symptoms at intake. In PT patients a favourable outcome was more... (More)
Seventy-two alcoholic patients (60 men and 12 women) were randomized into four groups who received psychiatric treatment (PT) or multimodal behavioural therapy (MBT), for either 1 or 2 years. PT was based on psychodynamic principles, and MBT is a cognitive-behavioural treatment. The patients accepting treatment had a mean age of 37 ± 9 years, and they were socially stable. There was no difference in attrition rate (35%) in relation to therapy and length of treatment. The rate of favourable drinking outcome during the third year was similar in all four alternatives, at 40-44%. A favourable drinking outcome was predicted by a better initial psychic status and few psychiatric symptoms at intake. In PT patients a favourable outcome was more strongly related to a better psychic status than in MBT patients (P = 0.58). The mean number of sessions, 23, did not differ in relation to outcome. The main conclusion from this study is that there were only small and inconclusive differences between the therapies of different types and different duration.
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- Öjehagen, A. LU ; Berglund, M. LU ; Appel, C. P. ; Andersson, K. ; Nilsson, B. ; Skjaerris, A. and Wedlin-Toftenow, A. M.
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- 1992
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- Alcohol and Alcoholism
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- 27
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- 6
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- 649 - 658
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- Oxford University Press
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- pmid:1292438
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- 0735-0414
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- 10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a045316
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- English
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