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Is in‐patient treatment justified for alcohol dependence?
Author(s) -
JURD STEPHEN
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0959-5236
DOI - 10.1080/09595239400185281
Subject(s) - alcohol dependence , argument (complex analysis) , alcohol , matching (statistics) , psychiatry , medicine , psychology , intensive care medicine , psychotherapist , biochemistry , chemistry , pathology
Three lines of argument support the use of in‐patient treatment for alcohol dependence. The first of these is that of natural justice. People ailing from their dependence on alcohol have a right to as full a range of treatment options as other people have for oter disorders. Alcohol dependence is a disorder with a substantial morbidity and mortality. We should not forget that. Secondly, a variety of in‐patient treatments have been shown to have a place in the treatment armamentarium. Some in‐patient treatment is better than others, and treatment matching produces better results. Thirdly, the cost of in‐patient treatment for alcohol dependence has repeatedly been shown to produce a worthwhile economic benefit. [Jurd, S. Is in‐patient treatment justified for alcohol dependence? Drug Alcohol Rev 1994;13:195–199.]