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Program Stability and Resident Turnover in Residential Rehabilitation Programs for Alcoholics and Drug Addicts
Author(s) -
Ogborne Alan C.
Publication year - 1978
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.1360-0443.1978.tb00118.x
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , residence , addiction , affect (linguistics) , alcoholics anonymous , medicine , gerontology , psychology , demography , psychiatry , physical therapy , sociology , communication
Length of stay data from a residential rehabilitation program for skid row alcoholics was analysed to test the hypothesis that, due to the formation of cliques among established residents, those newly recruited at times when those in residence had accumulated relatively long lengths of stay, would discharge more rapidly than those newly recruited at other times. This hypothesis was confirmed by the data. However, a parallel analysis of length of stay data from a rehabilitation program for drug addicts failed to confirm the hypothesis. It is suggested that program differences account for the different results. Similar analyses for other programs are indicated as is the monitoring of length of stay during experimental manipulations of newer program elements designed to affect length of stay.