Alianza terapéutica en pacientes adictos de dos instituciones de Antofagasta

Abstract

Objectives: 1) To evaluate the therapeutic alliance in addict patients of the Psychiatry Unit of the Hospital of Antofagasta and the Therapeutic Community CREA; 2) To observe the results of the scales of the Working Alliance Inventory -Bond, Goals and Tasks- in this group of patients. Methodology: This is a descriptive study, in which the Working Alliance Inventory was applied to a group of 50 patients of the two institutions. Inclusion criteria were defined. Results: The most of the cases were men (84%). More than two third of patients were less than 40 years of age. The main drug consumed was alcohol. The secondary drug consumed was tobacco. Ninety two percent of the cases consumed more than two drugs. In the whole group the best evaluated scale was bond, followed by tasks and goals. Conclusions: WAI was a useful and easy to use instrument. The results of the scales put the necessary question about the reasons of the observed differences. These may be due to different approaches of the psychotherapist and different the models of the institutions. These results allow us to conclude the necessity of more research in this area given the importance of this topic. © 2007 Sociedad de Neurología, Psiquiatría y Neurocirugía.