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Detoxification in a community-based alcohol recovery unit and psychiatric department of a general hospital

A comparative study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ruth Mortimer  and
J. Guy Edwards
Ruth Mortimer
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton SO9 4PE
J. Guy Edwards*
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton SO9 4PE
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∗Correspondence
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The experience of detoxification and satisfaction of patients with their treatment in a community-based alcohol recovery unit established by a voluntary organisation and in a psychiatric unit in a general hospital were assessed with the help of a structured questionnaire. Patients admitted to the two units were satisfactorily matched on most, although not all, variables. The types of withdrawal symptoms and lengths of stay were similar. No patient was transferred to hospital from the community facility. Patient satisfaction was greater in the detoxification unit where the cost of treatment was about a third of that in the psychiatric unit.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , April 1994 , pp. 218 - 220
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994

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