The Relationship Between Alcoholism Treatment Outcome in Terms of Drinking and Various Patient Characteristics

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Abstract
Two groups of alcoholics who had received treatment in a multi-modal behavioral program were compared. One group (151 subjects) were not drinking at all at the end of the follow-up year, while the 2nd group (109 subjects) had returned to heavy drinking. Data indicated few differences between the 2 groups on various psychosocial, work performance and demographic variables when they entered treatment. Both groups showed initial improvement on psychosocial and work performance variables after residential treatment. The abstainer sample maintained the improvement throughout the follow-up year, while the group which returned to heavy drinking showed a significant decrement in psychosocial behavor and work performance after initial improvement.

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