title: Aftercare for alcoholics: services of community mental health centers.
abstract: Fewer than half of the patients hospitalized for alcoholism treatment received aftercare from a community mental health center, the variables significantly related to receipt of aftercare being number of previous hospitalizations and referral to the hospital by self or family rather than by a court.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000359:Aftercare; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010359:Patient Readmission