title: Six-month treatment outcomes in socially stable alcoholics: abstinence rates.
abstract: A randomly selected sample of 181 socially stable patients were followed for a period of six months after leaving alcoholism treatment. Collateral verification of drinking status was used to validate patient self-reports. A follow-up rate of 94% was achieved. For all patients, a continuous abstention rate (no drinking at all for the entire six-month period) of 61% was achieved, while 72% of the located patients were currently abstinent at the time of followup. For alcoholics with no other drug problems, a 66% continuous abstention rate was achieved, and 77% were currently abstinent at followup. These results suggest that alcoholism treatment can be effective for samples of socially stable alcoholics treated with multimodal treatments in a specialized, freestanding, alcoholism treatment facility.
authors.affiliation: Edgehill Newport, RI 02840.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McNeill
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gilfillan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: MacLean
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fanella
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000523:psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology