title: Treatment outcome in a drinking-decisions program.
abstract: Of 98 alcoholics who were free to decide whether or not to drink during a 6-week inpatient treatment program, 55 chose to drink. The nondrinkers tended to show more improvement at a 6-month follow-up than did the drinkers.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000628:therapy*; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D004651:Employment; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005190:Family; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010359:Patient Readmission; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol