@article{ref1,
title="Thought disorder in hospitalized alcoholics",
journal="International journal of the addictions",
year="1982",
author="Albott, W. L. and Peake, T.",
volume="17",
number="1",
pages="181-186",
abstract="In order to assess the occurrence and persistence of thought disorder in patients in an alcoholism treatment program, a sample of 81 males were tested at the beginning of treatment and again after 4 weeks. The Whitaker Index of Schizophrenic Thinking (WIST) was used as the indicator of thought disorder, with the following results: (1) the presence of thought disorder, in both the initial testing and the retesting; (2) a mildly significant reduction in impairment scores over the 4-week period; and (3) only a small proportion of the sample (11% of the initial testing and 17% of the second) evidencing no thought disorder. The implication for planning treatment is that complex, cognitive interventions may be ineffective in groups of alcoholic patients, even when the patients have been &quot;detoxed.&quot;<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-773X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}