Positive reactions of alcoholic men to sensory deprivation.
Ten male alcoholics who had been abstinent for 2 to 9 weeks volunteered to participate in a study on the effects of sensory deprivation. After 8 hours of lying on a bed in a dark, silent room, they indicated on various measures that they had found the experience to be quite pleasant; in fact, they indicated that they had more frequent positive experiences and less frequent negative experiences than in normal life. This finding indicates that sensory deprivation may be an acceptable treatment modality for alcoholics, as it has been for other clinical population.
D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D001307:Auditory Perception; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D012683:Sensory Deprivation; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014796:Visual Perception