Open AccessQuality of life as an outcome measure in the treatment of alcohol dependence
Author(s) -
Shruti Srivastava,
M S Bhatia
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/0972-6748.123617
Subject(s) - abstinence , alcohol dependence , quality of life (healthcare) , alcohol , intervention (counseling) , medicine , prospective cohort study , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychotherapist , biochemistry , chemistry
Quality of life has emerged as an important treatment outcome measure for alcohol dependence whose natural course comprises of remission and relapse.