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Court‐Ordered Alcohol Treatment for Patients With Medical Problems
Author(s) -
Steiner Claudia,
Lezotte Dennis,
Gabow Patricia
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.1995.tb00443.x
Subject(s) - medical record , medical treatment , medicine , intervention (counseling) , alcohol , retrospective cohort study , psychiatry , medical emergency , surgery , biochemistry , chemistry
The authors performed a retrospective analysis of medical records and death certificates for 99 consecutive patients who had an alcohol‐related medical problem that prompted a petition for court‐ordered alcohol treatment. Ninety percent voluntarily participated in initial evaluation. Two appeared to be alcoholfree 6 months after treatment. The number of alcohol‐related hospital visits was not different before and after intervention. Death certificates revealed that at least 12% of the patients had died within 2 years of the petition. Court‐ordered alcohol treatment for patients for serious medical sequelae of alcoholism does not appear to be successful.