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Initial Contact and Admission of Persons Requesting Treatment for Alcohol Problems
Author(s) -
Wanberg Kenneth W.,
Jones Evelyn
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
british journal of addiction to alcohol and other drugs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0007-0890
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1973.tb01257.x
Subject(s) - family member , phone , psychology , socioeconomic status , psychiatry , social psychology , medicine , family medicine , environmental health , population , philosophy , linguistics
A sample of 267 initial contacts made by persons requesting treatment for alcohol problems was studied with the use of 55 variables measuring socio‐economic status, initial contact circumstances., and follow through results. Socio‐economic status and sociological classifications have little effect as to whether a person shows for treatments. As well, these variables seem to have only random relationship to the circumstances of the initial contact, such as the time of day the first contact was made, whether a family member accompanied the patient, or whether first contact was made in person or by phone. Self‐referrals and those from major Protestant backgrounds tend not to show for treatment, and those having a family physician are more apt to follow through with treatment. If a person must watt more than eight days before he can come for hospital admission, chances of his coming are reduced greatly.