A two-year follow-up study comparing short with long stay in-patient treatment of alcoholics.

The article presents a study which compares the outcome of short-stay and long-stay in-patient treatment of male alcoholics. The researchers conducted the study on 62 patients, followed-up two year after discharge. They also examined variables that influence on the outcome such as social class, social maladjustment and history of delirium treatments. Findings reveal no significant differences in the outcome of both short-stay and long-stay in-patient treatment. About 50% of the subjects in both methods had been abstinent and two-thirds had shown favorable improvement.