Review article
Day care for alcoholism in psychiatric hospital »Sveti Ivan« 2004–2012
Anto Orešković
; Psychiatric hospital »Sveti Ivan« Alcoholism and other addictions ward, Day care, Zagreb, Croatia
Mate Mihanović
; Psihijatrijska bolnica "Sveti Ivan", Odjel za alkoholizam i druge ovisnosti s Dnevnom bolnicom, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Nino Mimica
; Psihijatrijska bolnica "Sveti Ivan", Odjel za alkoholizam i druge ovisnosti s Dnevnom bolnicom, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Davor Bodor
; Psihijatrijska bolnica "Sveti Ivan", Odjel za alkoholizam i druge ovisnosti s Dnevnom bolnicom, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Božo Petrov
; University Clinical Hospital Mostar, Psychiatry Clinic, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abstract
Alcohol addiction treatment represents complex and lingering
therapeutic procedure which can be provided stationary, within specialized
psychiatric wards, and through partial hospitalization or day care hospitals
for alcoholism. A psychiatric hospital day care, or partial hospitalization,
represents facility for patients requiring intensive psychiatric treatment
within relatively structured environment. While it offers the same variety of
treatment procedures as the mental hospital, it differs in that patients are
present for part of the day and do not live at the hospital. Main goal of psychiatric
partial hospitalization should be patient’s adequate resumption to
his community, adequate rehabilitation and resocialization which are based
on the premise that supportive and safe environment encourages self-care
and enhances motivation for recovery. Treatment should be person centered;
meaning that it is tailored to each patient’s specific needs in a confidential,
supportive, and structured environment. Partial hospitalization is a
cost-effective strategy that also provides an opportunity to test, in community
life, the lessons learned in the treatment program. Day care hospital for
alcoholism in Psychiatric hospital »Sveti Ivan« was established on 2004
and it encompasses wide array of therapeutic procedures such as psychopharmacotherapy,
small and large group psychotherapy, multifamily group
therapy, therapeutic community, occupational therapy, work therapy, bibliotherapy
and recreation. Multidisciplinary therapeutic team is focused on
helping patients confront and overcome their alcohol dependency, and to assist them in developing strategies for maintaining alcohol-free lifestyle in
order to enhance their quality of life.
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136252
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Publication date:
15.12.2013.
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