Primary and secondary benefits from treatment for alcoholism.
The authors recorded diagnoses and total number of sick days for 148 men before and after treatment for alcoholism in a Navy alcoholic rehabilitation center. Over a 4-year period (2 years before and 2 years after treatment), there was a reduction of sick days for each man and a reduction of alcohol-and nonalcohol-related complaints. The authors stress the importance of valid evaluation criteria for alcohol rehabilitation programs.
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D008890:Military Psychiatry; D009017:Morbidity; D009326:Naval Medicine; D014481:United States