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The Prognosis of Alcohol Addicts Treated by a Specialized Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Bruce Ritson
Bruce Ritson*
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Mapperley Hospital, Nottingham
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The need for increased services for the treatment of alcoholism has been officially accepted and indeed emphasized in recent years (15, 20). The following evaluation of an Alcoholic Unit is based on the response to treatment over the course of one year shown by a cohort of 100 patients, half of whom were admitted to the Unit while the remainder were out-patients. The study aimed at describing the patients referred to the unit and at ascertaining what attributes of the patient and his treatment appeared to influence the prognosis.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 114 , Issue 513 , August 1968 , pp. 1019 - 1029
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1968 

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