title: Self-help program components and linkage to aftercare following inpatient detoxification.
abstract: Many patients fail to initiate aftercare for addictive disease rehabilitation following detoxification. This study of 136 inpatients compared characteristics of those who initiated aftercare (behavior therapy or self-help programs) during the week following discharge with those who did not. Among this group of patients, 77% (91/119) linked to aftercare. Self-help treatment related components were associated with increased aftercare treatment attendance rates and included: having a copy of the "12 Steps" (81% vs. 46%, P = .002), having read self-help literature (73% vs. 42%, P = .007), and having telephone numbers of self-help program members (50% vs. 18%, P = .008). Those who initiated aftercare treatment were also more likely to have remained abstinent from drugs and alcohol (81% vs. 39%, P < .001). Having self-help treatment related components was associated with increased rates of aftercare attendance following hospital inpatient detoxification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Family Medicine Research Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA. Blondell@buffalo.edu
authors.forename: Lynne M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Frydrych
authors.forename: Benjamin J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Blondell
authors.forename: Christopher H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Purdy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000359:Aftercare / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009511:New England; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers / Q000379:methods*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult