[Admission status of alcohol and drug-dependent patients in "high threshold" access to withdrawal treatment]
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[Admission status of alcohol and drug-dependent patients in "high threshold" access to withdrawal treatment]. / Wagner, H B; Schwoon, Dirk; Lambert, Martin; Krausz, M.
In: PSYCHIAT PRAX, Vol. 26, No. 1, 1, 1999, p. 25-28.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - [Admission status of alcohol and drug-dependent patients in "high threshold" access to withdrawal treatment]
AU - Wagner, H B
AU - Schwoon, Dirk
AU - Lambert, Martin
AU - Krausz, M
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - OBJECTIVE AND METHODS: 106 patients (64.2% male and 35.8% female) who applied for a withdrawal treatment by phone call, were interviewed concerning the admission context with the aim to find out whether the admission regulations prevent patients from undergoing treatment. RESULTS: 72.6% of all patients were admitted as inpatients. The average waiting period was 8 days. 15.1% were known to have previously suffered from conclusions and 4.7% from delirium tremens; for these patients, the waiting period was significantly shorter. CONCLUSIONS: High-threshold admission is not an insurmountable difficulty. Waiting periods and soberness at admission are accepted. Setting up admission conditions is, on the one hand, justified, whereas on the other hand chronic patients are often not reached. Telephone contacts with patients willing to undergo treatment should be replaced by contacts in an outpatient setting.
AB - OBJECTIVE AND METHODS: 106 patients (64.2% male and 35.8% female) who applied for a withdrawal treatment by phone call, were interviewed concerning the admission context with the aim to find out whether the admission regulations prevent patients from undergoing treatment. RESULTS: 72.6% of all patients were admitted as inpatients. The average waiting period was 8 days. 15.1% were known to have previously suffered from conclusions and 4.7% from delirium tremens; for these patients, the waiting period was significantly shorter. CONCLUSIONS: High-threshold admission is not an insurmountable difficulty. Waiting periods and soberness at admission are accepted. Setting up admission conditions is, on the one hand, justified, whereas on the other hand chronic patients are often not reached. Telephone contacts with patients willing to undergo treatment should be replaced by contacts in an outpatient setting.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 26
SP - 25
EP - 28
JO - PSYCHIAT PRAX
JF - PSYCHIAT PRAX
SN - 0303-4259
IS - 1
M1 - 1
ER -