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Family therapy with problem drinkers and drug takers: A pilot follow‐up study
Author(s) -
Fisher Christopher John,
Grifithst Hugh
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1046/j..1990.00382.x
Subject(s) - drug , retrospective cohort study , psychiatry , medicine , outcome (game theory) , psychology , clinical psychology , surgery , mathematics , mathematical economics
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.