Absolute Abstinence as a Treatment Outcome in Servicemen with Alcohol Dependence: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Substance Use & Misuse
Ashutosh RatnamS P Panda

Abstract

Background: Within India's military medical framework, alcohol dependence syndrome (ADS) is deemed a treatable medical illness incompatible with military service, and complete abstinence is the only acceptable successful treatment outcome. Objective: This study was designed to identify factors which were able to differentiate treatment outcomes of abstinence and relapse among ADS patients in a military framework. Method: Recognizing personal incentives to misrepresent alcohol consumption, abstinence, and relapse outcomes were established using official reports from a patient's parent unit, in combination with biochemical parameters and clinical examination. Patients serially admitted for ADS treatment or follow-up review were surveyed, and their socio-demographic and alcohol consumption profiles, coping styles, life events and specific relapse precipitants were recorded and compared as contributory variables in a cognitive-behavioral model of ADS. From this survey of 140 patients, membership to abstainer or relapser groups was then predicted using a discriminant analysis. Results: 34% of patients achieved early absolute abstinence. No baseline socio-demographic or drinking profile distinctions existed between abstainers and rel...Continue Reading

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