Alcohol treatment services : the psycho-social rehabilitation of alcohol dependants rehabilitation unit for alcoholics - Mount Carmel hospital

Abstract

i) Brief history: Up to December 1985, the treatment of alcoholics at Mount Carmel Hospital consisted only of a period of in-patient care for detoxification usually done at the admitting wards. No rehabilitation service existed. A group of Mount Carmel Hospital professionals, consisting of a psychiatrist, psychologist, a psychiatric social worker and two nurses formed a team (Alcohol Dependence Team) which started to hold two group psychotherapy sessions for alcoholics on a weekly basis. These sessions started to be held at the psychologists' office at the hospital in December 1985. A care group of alcoholic patients actively participated in the preparation of the new Rehabilitation Unit, which was officially opened in September 1986.