The effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy program, with social support, on early relapse prevention of alcohol use disorder patients
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2011-01-24
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Journal of Mental Health of Thailand - วารสารสุขภาพจิต แห่งประเทศไทย
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Objective To examine the result of cognitive-behavioral therapy program, with socialsupport, on readiness for early relapse prevention of alcohol use disorder patients.Materials and methods The participants consisted of 59 alcohol use disorder patients,and classified as problem drinker and alcohol dependent. The patients were randomly assignedinto experimental (10 problem drinkers and 20 alcohol dependents) and control groups (11 problemdrinkers and 18 alcohol dependents). The experimental group received cognitive-behavioral therapyprogram that was developed by the researcher of 10 activity for 2 weeks. Evaluation for five timeswere pre-test, post-test and follow up in the first, second and third month by readiness for earlyrelapse prevent questionnaire, and alcohol consumption report. The data were analyzed by utilizingMANCOVA and Chi-square.Results Effect of treatment program on readiness for early relapse prevention were notstatistically different in problem drinkers and alcohol dependents. The follow up assessments in thefirst and second month showed that the number of alcohol use disorder patients in experimentalgroup and control group were not statistically different in early relapse prevention. However thefollow up assessment in the third month revealed that the number of alcohol use disorder patientsin experimental group had more non-relapse than control group.Conclusion The cognitive-behavioral therapy program, with social support increase the intentionand self-efficacy in early relapse prevention. Additionally the therapy program could extend theduration of non-relapse in the experimental group when compared to the patients in the controlgroup.Key words : cognitive-behavioral therapy, early relapse prevention, social support, alcohol
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Journal of Mental Health of Thailand - วารสารสุขภาพจิต แห่งประเทศไทย; Volume 19 Number 1 January 2011; 29-41