Social repercussion of Alcoholics Anonymous groups ending of the Detoxification service in Guantanamo province
Journal Title: Revista Información Científica - Year 2019, Vol 98, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: the international movement of help against alcoholism Alcoholics Anonymous, consists of communities of men and women who share their mutual experience, strength and hope to solve the problem of common alcoholism and help others in their recovery. Objective: to demonstrate the social repercussion of the Alcoholics Anonymous groups in patients detoxified in the service of the Psychiatric Hospital of Guantanamo during January and December 2016. Method: an observational, descriptive study was carried out where a questionnaire elaborated by the authors and validated by psychologists. The population and the sample consisted of 140 patients belonging to the Guantanamo municipality. Results: the masculine sex was the most representative, the age of beginning of the ingestion of alcoholic drinks was marked between the 11 and 39 years, considering that they had to receive medical aid the greater percent, being these attended in the service of deshabituación of the hospital psychiatric hospital and day hospital for alcoholics, in addition to community psychotherapy. The surveyed patients consider that they are discriminated against by society. Conclusions: the success of Alcoholics Anonymous is that all those who belong to the group have a critique of the disease and can share their own experiences in psychotherapy with a safe support and continuous monitoring, always at the side of the professional community, experience that in Guantánamo has been gaining benefit to these patients.
Authors and Affiliations
Jorge Yvel Matos Premiot, Pablo López Rodríguez, Lisvette Correa Iznaga, Gladys Quiala Kindelan
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