TY - JOUR
T1 - Relapse by Alcohol Abusers
AU - Pickens, Roy W.
AU - Hatsukami, Dorothy K.
AU - Spicer, Jerry W.
AU - Svikis, Dace S.
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PY - 1985/5
Y1 - 1985/5
N2 - During the first year after treatment, 44% of a sample of alcohol abusers reported relapse to alcohol use. Relapse rate Increased to a peak at 6 months after treatment and then decined. Depressed or anxious mood was the reason most frequently given (31%) for relapse. Of subjects who relapsed, almost half (42%) reported a subsequent return to abstinence which was then maintained for the remainder of the foNowup period. Of these subjects, half (51%) reported the duration of the drinking period to be less than 2 weeks. Of subjects showing a daily drinking pattern prior to treatment, 20% showed a dairy drinking pattern after relapse, 46% showed bouts of drinking and abstinence, and 33% showed abstinence with no further drinking. Of subjects snowing bouts of drinking prior to treatment, none showed a deify drinking pattern after relapse, 44% showed bouts of drinking and abstinence, and 56% showed abstinence with no further drinking. There was no significant effect of sex or age on relapse rate, time to relapse, or reasons for relapse.
AB - During the first year after treatment, 44% of a sample of alcohol abusers reported relapse to alcohol use. Relapse rate Increased to a peak at 6 months after treatment and then decined. Depressed or anxious mood was the reason most frequently given (31%) for relapse. Of subjects who relapsed, almost half (42%) reported a subsequent return to abstinence which was then maintained for the remainder of the foNowup period. Of these subjects, half (51%) reported the duration of the drinking period to be less than 2 weeks. Of subjects showing a daily drinking pattern prior to treatment, 20% showed a dairy drinking pattern after relapse, 46% showed bouts of drinking and abstinence, and 33% showed abstinence with no further drinking. Of subjects snowing bouts of drinking prior to treatment, none showed a deify drinking pattern after relapse, 44% showed bouts of drinking and abstinence, and 56% showed abstinence with no further drinking. There was no significant effect of sex or age on relapse rate, time to relapse, or reasons for relapse.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1985.tb05744.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1985.tb05744.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 3893196
AN - SCOPUS:0021847693
SN - 0145-6008
VL - 9
SP - 244
EP - 247
JO - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
JF - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
IS - 3
ER -