| A prospective study of treatment outcome in alcohol dependence from a deaddiction centre in India. | |
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PMID: 21584038 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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A naturalistic, uncontrolled follow up study was carried out -in 60 cases of alcohol dependence syndrome diagnosed according to DSM-III-R at JIPMER.Pondicherry. At the end of one year, 32.5% of patients could he classified under abstinent and non prohlein drinker category. 35% continued to drink hut showed improvement in social and occupational functioning. 32.5% remained in the unimproved group. None of the preireatment variables could differentiate patients with favourable outcome from those with unfavourable outcome. Duration of disulfiram use was strongly associated with a favourable outcome. |
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J Abraham; R Chandrasekaran; V Chitralekha |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Indian journal of psychiatry Volume: 39 ISSN: 0019-5545 ISO Abbreviation: Indian J Psychiatry Publication Date: 1997 Jan |
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Created Date: 2011-05-17 Completed Date: 2011-07-14 Revised Date: 2011-07-28 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0013255 Medline TA: Indian J Psychiatry Country: India |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 18-23 Citation Subset: - |
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JOHN ABRAHAM, M.D., Former Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry-605006. |
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