The characteristic of the patients completing and discontinuing the residential treatment programme for alcohol dependence


Abstract

Introduction. Patients addicted to alcohol often give up the psychotherapeutic treatment programs.  On one side, in out-patients clinics they are exposed to several factors which make keeping abstinence difficult and finishing the treatment program. On the other side patients who participate in the stationary psychotherapy for addicted people are less exposed to this factors and a lot of them still are not able to finish the treatment program. The aim of the research was to describe and compare patients finishing and discontinuing the stationary psychotherapy program for alcoholics.

Method. The empirical data was taken from analyzing medical documentation, history of patients addiction staying over the year in a stationary department of the hospital and participating in the basic treatment program for alcoholics.

Result. Received results show that 27,6% of patients do not finish the taken treatment program for alcoholics. In the presentation there are statistically significant differences between patients who finished psychotherapy and discontinued.

The men statistically more often then women break the psychotherapy.  Patients who discontinued the psychotherapy more often live alone (divorced or unmarried), and stayed without constant incomes.  Personality disorders and mental diseases (depression, alcohol   halucinosis during entering the hospital, schizophrenia, affective bipolar disorder).  W found less significant differences in such variables as: place of living, staying with children, level of education, somatic state during entering the hospital, judicial commitment, and criminality. 

The strongest motives declared by the patients, who help them to finish the psychotherapy were   improving the family situation and health motives.

Conclusions. In the result we state, that it is necessary to increase and make more flexible the offer of therapeutic programs in the stationary clinical centers. It should be considered the difficulties and deficits of patients discontinued the therapeutic programs. During the psychotherapy should be used the motivational methods encouraging patients to the change.


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Published : 2021-12-27


Opora, R., & Breska, R. (2021). The characteristic of the patients completing and discontinuing the residential treatment programme for alcohol dependence. Resocjalizacja Polska, (22), 485–501. https://doi.org/10.22432/rp.413

Robert Opora 
Uniwersytet Gdański  Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1560-4136
Radosław Breska 
Akademia Marynarki Wojennej im. Bohaterów Westerplatte w Gdyni  Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7634-8068


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