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KMID : 0870520160200020083
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Journal of Korean Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
2016 Volume.20 No. 2 p.83 ~ p.87
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The Characteristics of Alcoholics Visiting at a Community Counseling Center
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Min Eun-Jeong
Kim Sung-Gon
Kim Hyeun-Kyeung
Jung Bong-Ju
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Abstract
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Objectives ： The therapeutic approach for a patient with alcohol dependence should match the patient’s characteristics, determined before treatment initiation. However, most services provided for these patient by hospitals and community counseling centers do not usually differ. We conducted this study to evaluate drinking history and cognitive function of patients within each institution, in order to design an effective treatment approach.
Methods ： Alcohol-dependent patients visiting at a community counseling center and a university hospital were included as study subjects and investigated for demographics and drinking history. In addition, we performed neuropsychological testing to evaluate IQ, memory, and executive function.
Results ： Significant differences were found in terms of duration of drinking and blackout detected for drinking and blackout duration between the patients visiting at community counseling center and a university hospital (drinking duration, 22.74±13.47 vs. 33.14± 13.75, p＜0.05 and blackout duration, 9.79±9.41 vs. 18.43±13.21, p＜0.05). Patients visiting at community counseling center started drinking at an earlier age than the patients visiting at university hospital (11% vs. 32%, p＜0.10). The patients visiting a community counseling center had an executive function disability for IQ (χ=2.95, p=0.08). In addition, the patients visiting a community counseling center started drinking at an earlier age than the patients visiting a university hospital (11% vs. 32%, p＜0.10).
Conclusion : These findings suggested that the patients visiting at a community counseling center started drinking earlier, had been drinking longer, and had poorer cognitive function than patients visiting at university hospital. Therefore, different therapeutic services should be offered based on these characteristics.
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KEYWORD
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Alcoholism subtype, Community counseling center, Cognitive function
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