DOCUMENT RESUME ED 400 501 CG 027 419 AUTHOR Beaty, Lee A.; Cipparrone, Nancy E. TITLE The Relationship between Addiction and Psychopathology in a Sample of Inpatient Adult Alcoholics. PUB DATE [93] NOTE 20p.; Prepared as part of the "Counselor Education Program" of Noreastern Illinois University. PUB TYPE Reports Research/Technical (143) EDRS PRICE MFOI /PCO1 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Adults; *Alcoholism; At Risk Persons; Clinics; *Drug Addiction; *Drug Rehabilitation; Emotional Problems; Mental Disorders; *Psychopathology; *Rehabilitation; Substance Abuse; *Therapeutic Environment ABSTRACT Since psychopathology may be linked to substance abuse behavior, one aspect of that relationship should have an effect on the development and consequences of the other. This study sought to determine whether psychopathology would decrease after a 28-day period of alcoholism treatment. Thirty Caucasian adults who had sought inpatient treatment for alcoholism were randomly selected and tested. Results indicate that psychopathology did significantly decrease on all six symptom categories, particularly depression, anxiety, and interpersonal sensitivity. Likewise, all three global indices of a test designed to reflect the psychological symptom patterns of psychiatric patients also showed some decrease. The least significant result was obtained for Obsessive/Compulsive scores. The data demonstrate that inpatient alcohol treatment can be effective in decreasing psychopathology. It is argued that the randomization strategy in this study controlled for many other variables that might have had an effect on the decrease of psychopathology, such as gender effects, number of previous treatments, and severity of alcoholic symptoms. While it is conceded that the lack both of a control group and of a multiculturally diverse sample limited this research, it is hoped that future studies will be able to address these and other concerns. Contains 14 references. (RJM) *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *-AAAAAAAAAAAAAA, ,AAAAAAAAA:.AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*.AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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ED 400 501 CG 027 419
AUTHOR Beaty, Lee A.; Cipparrone, Nancy E.TITLE The Relationship between Addiction and
Psychopathology in a Sample of Inpatient AdultAlcoholics.
PUB DATE [93]
NOTE 20p.; Prepared as part of the "Counselor EducationProgram" of Noreastern Illinois University.
PUB TYPE Reports Research/Technical (143)
EDRS PRICE MFOI /PCO1 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS Adults; *Alcoholism; At Risk Persons; Clinics; *Drug
ABSTRACTSince psychopathology may be linked to substance
abuse behavior, one aspect of that relationship should have an effecton the development and consequences of the other. This study soughtto determine whether psychopathology would decrease after a 28-dayperiod of alcoholism treatment. Thirty Caucasian adults who hadsought inpatient treatment for alcoholism were randomly selected andtested. Results indicate that psychopathology did significantlydecrease on all six symptom categories, particularly depression,anxiety, and interpersonal sensitivity. Likewise, all three globalindices of a test designed to reflect the psychological symptompatterns of psychiatric patients also showed some decrease. The leastsignificant result was obtained for Obsessive/Compulsive scores. Thedata demonstrate that inpatient alcohol treatment can be effective indecreasing psychopathology. It is argued that the randomizationstrategy in this study controlled for many other variables that mighthave had an effect on the decrease of psychopathology, such as gendereffects, number of previous treatments, and severity of alcoholicsymptoms. While it is conceded that the lack both of a control groupand of a multiculturally diverse sample limited this research, it ishoped that future studies will be able to address these and otherconcerns. Contains 14 references. (RJM)
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Meyer, R.E. (1986). How to understand the relationship between
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Mirin, S., Weiss, R., Sollogub, A., & Michael, J. (1984).
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Schaefer, M.R., Sobiefaj, K., & Hollyfield, R.L. (1987). Severity
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