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An Overview of Outpatient and Inpatient Detoxification
44 Alcohol Health & Research Worldlcohol Detoxification can be defined as a periodof medical treatment, usually including counsel-ing, during which a person is helped to overcomephysical and psychological dependence on alcohol (Changand Kosten 1997). The immediate objectives of alcoholdetoxification are to help the patient achieve a substance-free state, relieve the immediate symptoms of withdrawal,and treat any comorbid medical or psychiatric objectives help prepare the patient for entry intolong-term treatment or rehabilitation, the ultimate goalof Detoxification (Swift 1997). The objectives of long-term treatment or rehabilitation include the long-termmaintenance of the alcohol-free state and the incor-poration of psychological, family, and social interven-tions to help ensure its persistence (Swift 1997).
and medical director of Yokohama Maioka Psychiatric Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. A An Overview of Outpatient and Inpatient Detoxification Motoi Hayashida, M.D., Sc.D. Vol. 22, No. 1, 1998 45 Disadvantages of Outpatient Detoxification Among the drawbacks associated with outpatient
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