title: The effects of comprehensive inpatient alcoholism treatment on measures of loss and grief.
abstract: Current research has identified a grief reaction in alcoholics undergoing inpatient treatment. The addition of a loss/grief experience to an existing comprehensive treatment regimen is examined to determine its ability to enhance loss/grief awareness in an experimental group of patients. Loss identification and grief awareness measures for this group are compared with like measures for a group undergoing the regular treatment program. No significant difference between the groups is reported. It is proposed that existing models of comprehensive treatment increase loss awareness and initiate a grieving process without the addition of a specialized treatment component dealing with loss and grief.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors