[Sense of coherence in alcohol dependent males treated in departments of alcohol detoxication and rehabilitation--initial report].

The aim of this study was a comparison of the sense of coherence in the group of alcohol dependent male patients, with and without selecting psychosocial effects of alcoholism. The examined group consisted of 55 males treated in departments of alcohol detoxication and rehabilitation in Mental Hospital in Toszek. The SOC--29 scale by Antonovsky was used in order to estimate the sense of coherence and specific questionnaire was used to show selecting psychosocial effects of alcoholism. SOC level was significantly higher in the group of men without psychosocial consequences of alcohol dependence.