A Psychiatrist Views an Addict Self-Help Program

EDWARD KAUFMANAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 128, Number 7

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.7.846

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The author describes the program and methods used in Reality House, a day care treatment center for the rehabilitation of narcotic addicts. Members of the program move up through five levels of treatment, which consists mainly of group psychotherapy and vocational training. After about three years of operation, 21 persons had successfully completed the full program, with an average stay of 18 months, and 20 current members in the last two treatment levels had remained drug-free for about a year.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 128 • Number 7 • January 1972

Pages: 846 - 852

PubMed: 5009263

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Published in print: January 1972

Published online: 1 April 2006

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EDWARD KAUFMAN

Director of Psychiatry, New York City Prison System, and Instructor in Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City

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A Psychiatrist Views an Addict Self-Help Program

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