title: A study of alcoholism treatment units--I. Treatment activities and the institutional response.
abstract: Alcoholism treatment units (ATUs) appear as the major institutional treatment system for alcoholics within the National Health Service. This paper is the first of a series of papers to report the results of a national survey on ATUs. It examines the varied treatment activities which are carried out in the institutional setting. Although the policies of many ATUs are based on a combination of group theory and eclecticism, there is a diversity of proceedings and treatment objectives. Future treatment provisions and their evaluation should consider the full range of influences that derive from patient characteristics and from institutional settings.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000628:therapy*; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D006753:Hospital Records; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D010343:Patient Admission; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires