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Ten years after – the post-treatment course of alcoholism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

G Längle ,
K Mann ,
G Mundle  and
HW Schied
G Längle
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Osianderstrabe 22, D-7400
K Mann
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Osianderstrabe 22, D-7400
G Mundle
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Osianderstrabe 22, D-7400
HW Schied
Affiliation:
Krankenhaus Rottenmünster, Rottweil, Germany
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Summary

The natural history of alcoholism is still a matter of debate. Very few studies have addressed the issue of the post-treatment course longitudinally. We present the results of a long-term follow-up study in ninety-six alcohol dependent patients who were treated in a combined in-patient and out-patient treatment programme. Two, five and ten years after the initial treatment in 1976, they were re-investigated. Ninety-four percent of the patients could be located ten years after treatment. Fifty-one percent were abstinent, 22% were deceased, 14% of the patients’ drinking was unchanged and 7% had improved. This outcome is discussed and compared with the results of other long-term studies.

Keywords

alcoholismlong-term coursenatural hislorymortality
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Origianl article
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European Psychiatry , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , 1993 , pp. 95 - 100
Copyright
Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1993

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