[Is the new guardianship law regarding alcoholic patients therapeutically useful? A case example].
Although treatment outcome in alcoholism is good and well documented, many patients are not sufficiently motivated for participating in a treatment program. The following case-report illustrates the example of a young male alcoholic suffering from decompensated liver cirrhoses without motivation for a long-term treatment. The positive effects of the new guidelines of the laws regulating custody and civil commitment are shown and discussed.
Mundle
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Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Tübingen.
Widmann
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Foerster
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Mann
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D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007872:Legal Guardians; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation