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A Two-Year Follow-up Study Comparing Short with Long Stay In-patient Treatment of Alcoholics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

P. J. A. Willems ,
F. J. J. Letemendia  and
F. Arroyave
P. J. A. Willems
Affiliation:
Littlemore Hospital, Oxford Sheffield Regional Addiction Unit, Mapperly Hospital, Nottingham, XG3 6AA
F. J. J. Letemendia
Affiliation:
Littlemore Hospital, Oxford, OX4 4XN
F. Arroyave
Affiliation:
Littlemore Hospital, Oxford, OX4 4XN
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In 1965, when this study began, there were no clear guidelines about the optimum duration of in-patient treatment for alcoholics. Davies et al. (1956) had reported that at the Maudsley Hospital the aim was for a ‘short stay’ of between two and three months—but some individuals stayed for up to ten months. The policy at Warlingham Park Hospital as described by Glatt (1955) was for an in-patient stay of at least two months, though ‘on the whole about three months is the optimum period’.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 122 , Issue 571 , June 1973 , pp. 637 - 648
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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