title: [Is the new guardianship law regarding alcoholic patients therapeutically useful? A case example].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Tübingen.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mundle
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Widmann
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Foerster
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mann
mesh_terms: 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