Long‐term use of aversive drugs in outpatient alcoholism treatment
- 23 August 1991
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Vol. 84 (2) , 185-190
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1991.tb03126.x
Abstract
In a 2-year outpatient treatment programme for alcoholics, 90% of the patients used aversive drugs during some part of the treatment period. Long-term use was significantly related to a favourable drinking outcome during 2 years subsequent to treatment compared with short-term use. Long-term and short-term users did not differ in background data. Continued use of aversive drugs after the first 6 months might have been critical for favourable outcome.Keywords
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