Long-Term Outpatient Treatment in Alcoholics with Previous Suicidal Behavior.

Ojehagen, Agneta; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ474019

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Long-Term Outpatient Treatment in Alcoholics with Previous Suicidal Behavior.

Ojehagen, Agneta; And Others

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v23 n4 p320-28 Win 1993

Analyzed importance of previous suicidal behavior for treatment of alcoholics. Of 72 patients, 21 had previously seriously threatened or attempted suicide. Compared to other alcoholics, those with previous suicidal behavior had similar attrition rate, were not more troublesome in treatment, and had same rate of favorable outcome during third year after start of treatment. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Alcoholism, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Drug Rehabilitation, Suicide

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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