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Day care for alcoholism in psychiatric hospital "Sveti Ivan" 2004-2012

Alcohol addiction treatment represents complex and lingeringtherapeutic procedure which can be provided stationary, within specializedpsychiatric wards, and through partial hospitalization or day care hospitalsfor alcoholism. A psychiatric hospital day care, or partial hospitalization, represents facility for patients requiring intensive psychiatric treatmentwithin relatively structured environment. While it offers the same variety oftreatment procedures as the mental hospital, it differs in that patients arepresent for part of the day and do not live at the hospital. Main goal of psy-chiatric partial hospitalization should be patient’s adequate resumption tohis community, adequate rehabilitation and resocialization which are basedon the premise that supportive and safe environment encourages self-careand enhances motivation for recovery. Treatment should be person cen-tered ; meaning that it is tailored to each patient’s specific needs in a confi-dential, supportive, and structured environment. Partial hospitalization is acost-effective strategy that also provides an opportunity to test, in commu-nity life, the lessons learned in the treatment program. Day care hospital foralcoholism in Psychiatric hospital »Sveti Ivan« was established on 2004and it encompasses wide array of therapeutic procedures such as psycho-pharmacotherapy, small and large group psychotherapy, multifamily grouptherapy, therapeutic community, occupational therapy, work therapy, bib-liotherapy and recreation. Multidisciplinary therapeutic team is focused onhelping patients confront and overcome their alcohol dependency, and to assist them in developing strategies for maintaining alcohol-free lifestyle inorder to enhance their quality of life.

day care ; alcoholism ; psychiatry

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