[Chronic pancreatitis and alcoholism (the need for continuous treatment)].

It was shown that the absence of the alcoholic treatment was responsible for the deterioration of the patient's condition after the operation for chronic pancreatitis of the alcoholic nature and resumption of taking alcohol. Labour rehabilitation of the patients made up as little as 50%. Psychotherapy and psychopharmacotherapy of alcoholism if performed before and after operation under conditions of specialized hospitals resulted in a considerable improvement of the patients' condition, in better labour and social rehabilitation of patients with chronic alcoholic pancreatitis. Labour rehabilitation in such patients made up 80%.