Relapse by Alcohol Abusers
Abstract
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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- Authors
- Pickens, R. W., Hatsukami, D. K., Spicer, J. W., & Svikis, D. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Corresponding author
- Pickens, Roy W.
- Venue
- Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1985-05
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 244-247
- ISSN
- 0145-6008 (ISSN-L)
- 1530-0277
- OpenAlex
- W2080647421
- Cited by
- 73
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 2.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Keywords
- alcohol relapse, alcohol abusers, alcoholism treatment, abstinence maintenance, depressive mood, anxious mood, sex differences, age differences
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Alcoholism, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Recurrence
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