Treatment of DUI's : a Swedish evaluation study.

Author(s)
Andrén, A. Bergman, H. Schlyder, F. & Laurell, H.
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Abstract

Drunken drivers with a BAC of 0.1% or more are generally convicted to prison by Swedish law. There are two special prisons for DUI's in Sweden (Rostorp and Östragård) with three alternative treatment programs: an educational program (SWT), the Minnesota 12-step model (12-step) and Dynamic Cognitive Behaviour modification (DCB). We wanted to find out if any of the programs was superior in terms of an improved psycho-social situation, but in particular which type of client responds best to what type of program. Method: Almost 800 convicted DUI's were randomised to one of the three treatment programs while imprisoned for a period of 6 weeks on average. All clients were investigated with respect to their social situation, health, work and income, criminality, alcohol- and drug use and their personality through the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) and NEO personality inventory. The clients were followed up 2 years after treatment by means of ASI-interviews. (Author/publisher) For the covering abstract of the conference see ITRD Abstract No. E201067.

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C 28045 (In: C 28028) /83 / ITRD E211146 (also at CD-ROM C 27890/C27945/C28028)
Source

In: Alcohol, drugs and traffic safety : proceedings of the 16th ICADTS International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety T'2002, Montreal, Canada, August 4-9, 2002, Volume 3, p. 909-915, 9 ref.

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