title: Treatment for alcoholics in German speaking countries.
abstract: This article was triggered by suggestions given by the editors of the British Journal of Addiction (Edwards, 1989). The main question addressed was: what do therapists really know and believe about how (alcoholic) patients are helped? In addition some more detailed issues were borne in mind, namely: the underlying philosophy of alcoholism (disease concept) and its treatment; patients' socio-cultural background and abuse practices; the special socio-cultural factors which influence the therapists' practice and patients' expectations; treatment goals and outcome definitions; the therapists' approaches to the patients' assessments; the treatment modalities (attempts to strengthen motivation; the form of initial contact, duration, termination and intensity of treatment).
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institute for Psychiatry, Munich, FRG.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Feuerlein
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012017:Referral and Consultation