Family therapy with problem drinkers and drug takers: A pilot follow-up study |
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Authors: | Christopher John Fisher,Hugh Grifithst&dagger |
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Affiliation: | Consultant Psychiatrist, County Hospital, North Road, Durham, UK.;Consultant Psychiatrist, St Georges Hospital, Morpeth, Northumberland, UK. |
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Abstract: | We report a retrospective outcome study of 36 problem drinkers and/or drug takers, treated with structural-strategic family therapy. The interval between treatment and follow-up varied from six months to two years. Follow-up data was available on 34 cases. Twenty had a pure alcohol problem and of these 18 had a good outcome at follow up. Five had a mixed drug/alcohol problem; of these all were free from problem drinking and four had become abstinent from drugs at follow-up. Of the nine patients with a pure drug problems, eight were abstinent from drugs at follow-up. Given the retrospective nature of this study and the lack of control data, these results must remain impressionistic but the implications of the findings are discussed. |
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