Outpatient Alcohol Detoxification: Initial Findings on 564 Subjects

Author(s)

Daniel J. Feldman
E. M. Pattison
Linda C. Sobell, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
T. Graham
Mark B. Sobell, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

ORCID

0000-0001-7705-3993

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

American Journal of Psychiatry

ISSN

0002-953X

Publication Date

4-1975

Abstract

The authors report on a large-scale outpatient alcohol detoxification program, presenting a clinical rationale for outpatient detoxification, describing the program method, and giving initial evaluation data on the first 564 patients. Only 47 percent of the patients required detoxification, and only 19 percent of these required inpatient care. The majority of the patients successfully completed outpatient detoxification; half of these continued in the related rehabilitation program. There were no fatalities. The authors believe the results support the utility of outpatient detoxification as a cost-effective alternative to inpatient detoxification for the majority of acute alcoholics.

Volume

132

Issue

4

First Page

407

Last Page

412

NSUWorks Citation

Feldman, D. J., Pattison, E. M., Sobell, L. C., Graham, T., Sobell, M. B. (1975). Outpatient Alcohol Detoxification: Initial Findings on 564 Subjects. American Journal of Psychiatry, 132(4), 407-412.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/30