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Long‐term use of aversive drugs in outpatient alcoholism treatment
Author(s) -
Öjehagen A.,
Skjaerris A.,
Berglund M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1991.tb03126.x
Subject(s) - term (time) , psychiatry , medicine , outcome (game theory) , psychology , physics , quantum mechanics , mathematics , mathematical economics
In a 2‐year outpatient treatment programme for alcoholics, 90% of the patients used aversive drugs during some part of the treatment period. Long‐term use was significantly related to a favourable drinking outcome during 2 years subsequent to treatment compared with short‐term use. Long‐term and short‐term users did not differ in background data. Continued use of aversive drugs after the first 6 months might have been critical for favourable outcome.