Basile A, Vitale G, Macor C, Totaro L, Molaro A, Liani M
Minerva Med. 1983 Mar 24;74(12):641-6.
Starting from the premise that a period in a General Hospital is an opportunity to cure the alcoholic, a treatment of alcohol dependence was undertaken during normal working hours based on the principles of social psychiatry and group therapy adapted for use in a General Hospital. The data on 71 alcoholics over a maximum period of eleven months are described. Relapses vary according to groups, which in their turn reflect the different degrees of problem involved. The total percentage of cures was 56%. The results were satisfactory especially when the type of treatment, cost-free and employing little time, is considered. A similar experiment in other hospitals in the area might offer effective cure and prevention of alcoholism in the Region.
