Quality of Life as Medicine. II. A Pilot Study of a Five-Day �Quality of Life and Health� Cure for Patients with Alcoholism

Alcoholism can be understood as a self-treatment for existential pain. A 5-day treatment was designed to relieve this psychological pain and existential anxiety, and thereby diminish the need for self-treatment with alcohol. The basic principle behind the treatment was holistic, restoring the qualit...

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Main Authors: Soren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick, Niels Jorgen Andersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2003-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2003.67