title: Relapse and recovery: five to ten year follow-up study of chemically dependent physicians--the Georgia experience.
abstract: Of 100 physicians who entered into a continuing care contract during a five-year period with the Impaired Physicians Program of the Medical Association of Georgia, seventy-seven have maintained documentable abstinence from all mood-altering substances. One physician was lost to follow-up. Twenty-two relapsed, eighteen of whom have undergone another treatment for chemical dependence. Only one physician in the relapse group has been involved in a pattern of chronic relapsing behavior.
authors.affiliation: Division of Data and Statistics, Caduceus Foundation, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Gallegos
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Lubin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bowers
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Blevins
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Talbott
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010815:Physician Impairment; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome