title: [Alcoholism and the hospital. The treatment of alcoholism in a general medicine department].
abstract: Starting from the premise that a period in a General Hospital is an opportunity to cure the alcoholic, a treatment of alcohol dependence was undertaken during normal working hours based on the principles of social psychiatry and group therapy adapted for use in a General Hospital. The data on 71 alcoholics over a maximum period of eleven months are described. Relapses vary according to groups, which in their turn reflect the different degrees of problem involved. The total percentage of cures was 56%. The results were satisfactory especially when the type of treatment, cost-free and employing little time, is considered. A similar experiment in other hospitals in the area might offer effective cure and prevention of alcoholism in the Region.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012008:Recurrence; D013808:Therapeutic Community
vernacular_title: Alcoolismo e ospedale. Trattamento della dipendenza alcolica in un reparto di medicina generale.