title: Treatment of alcoholics with logotherapy.
abstract: This study evaluates the results of group logoanalysis with selected hospitalized alcoholics using the Purpose in Life (PIL) Test as a before-and-after measure of therapeutic outcome in comparison with controls. Results suggest that closed-end logoanalysis groups are superior to open-end groups, and that both are superior to controls in improving the patient's sense of meaning and purpose in life as measured by the PIL.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*