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Published Online: July 1950

A STUDY OF RESULTS IN HOSPITAL TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLISM IN MALES

CURTIS T. PROUT, EDWARD I. STRONGIN, and MARY ALICE WHITEAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 107, Number 1

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.107.1.14

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1. A study has been made of 100 men suffering from chronic alcoholism, admitted consecutively to the New York Hospital, Westchester Division, between August, 1940, and January, 1948.

2. A review of statistical factors involving hereditary and environmental factors is presented.

3. Methods of hospital management and rehabilitation have been discussed.

4. A plan for more standardized psychological study has been designed.

5. Results of follow-up studies are reported, indicating that 25 may be regarded as recovered and 30 more are known to be managing better, indicating that 55% were definitely benefited.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 107 • Number 1 • July 1950

Pages: 14 - 19

PubMed: 15419329

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Published in print: July 1950

Published online: 1 April 2006

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CURTIS T. PROUT

The New York Hospital, Westchester Division, and the Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, New York.

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EDWARD I. STRONGIN

The New York Hospital, Westchester Division, and the Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, New York.

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MARY ALICE WHITE

The New York Hospital, Westchester Division, and the Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, New York.

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A STUDY OF RESULTS IN HOSPITAL TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLISM IN MALES

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