Day-Hospital Treatment of the Alcoholic Patient

Fox, Vernelle; Lowe, George D.

doi:10.15288/qjsa.1968.29.634

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“…One innovation is the application of day treatment to the area of drug abuse. “Partial hospitalization” and day treatment programs have been used in caring for the chronically mentally ill (Braun et al, 1981; Schinnar, Kamis-Gould, Delucia, & Rothbard, 1990), caring for elderly and disabled persons (Eagle, Guyatt, Patterson, & Turpie, 1987; Weissert et al, 1990), and treating alcohol abuse (Annis, 1985; Bensinger & Pilkington, 1983; Fox & Lowe, 1967; Malla, 1987; Malla & Cooper, 1985). In a seminal review, Miller and Hester (1986) evaluated findings from 26 controlled studies investigating whether the setting, duration, and intensity of alcoholism treatment resulted in differential outcomes.…”

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Drug abuse day treatment: A randomized clinical trial comparing day and residential treatment programs.

Guydish¹,

Werdegar²,

Sorensen³

et al. 1998

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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Clients entering a therapeutic community (TC)-oriented drug treatment program were randomly assigned to day or residential conditions and interviewed at 2 weeks and 6 months after admission. Outcomes included Addiction Severity Index composite scores and summary scores for the Beck Depression Inventory, Symptom Checklist-90-R, and a social support scale. Only clients who remained in treatment for at least 2 weeks were included. The mean age of the sample (N = 261) was 32.9 (SD = 6.7 years) and the mean education level was 12.1 years (SD = 1.9 years); 30% were women. Comparison of outcome scores at 6 months between groups, while controlling for baseline values, indicated greater improvement for residential clients on social problems and psychiatric symptoms. The groups were similar on the 8 remaining outcomes, including measures of alcohol and drug problems. Overall, the level of improvement among day treatment clients was not significantly different from that of residential clients.

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