Prognostic Indicators of Alcoholism Treatment Outcome

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Abstract
Isolation of the personal characteristics of alcoholics generally associated with their prognosis was attempted in a review; 45 studies which met certain standards for inclusion were summarized. The description of each study and its corresponding list of characteristics of alcoholics investigated for prognostic value were reported in tables. The tables did not reveal stable predictors across the studies, though some personal characteristics were more generally of predictive value than were others. A number of reasons for the absence of predictor stability were discussed, among them the possibility that certain treatments may work best with certain alcoholic patients.