Hardt F O, Weismann J R, Killmann I
Hvidovre Hospital, medicinsk gastroenterologisk afdeling.
Ugeskr Laeger. 1998 Jun 8;160(24):3548-50.
In the present study, 61 persons taken into police custody due to drunkenness were compared with 57 persons admitted to hospital due to intoxication with alcohol. The persons with alcohol problems taken into police custody numbered more younger men, fewer retired persons and the alcohol problems were more often acute intoxication than alcohol dependence. None of the persons placed in police custody were advised to seek help for their alcohol problems in contrast to 45 out of the 57 admitted to the hospital who started treatment. Detoxification in hospitals is far more suitable to motivate persons with alcohol problems to seek help. Detoxification should, for non criminal intoxicated people, be performed in hospitals.
在本研究中，将61名因醉酒被警方拘留的人与57名因酒精中毒入院的人进行了比较。被警方拘留的有酒精问题的人群中，年轻男性较多，退休人员较少，而且酒精问题更多是急性中毒而非酒精依赖。与57名入院患者中有45人开始接受治疗形成对比的是，被警方拘留的人中没有人被建议就其酒精问题寻求帮助。医院的解毒治疗更适合促使有酒精问题的人寻求帮助。对于非刑事中毒人员，解毒治疗应在医院进行。
