Citation

Andrén A, Bergman H, Schlyder F, Laurell H. Proc. Int. Counc. Alcohol Drugs Traffic Safety Conf. 2002; 2002: 909-915.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, The author(s) and the Council, Publisher International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety)

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Abstract

Drunken drivers with a BAC of 0.1% or more are generally convicted to prison by Swedish law. There are two special prisons for DUI's in Sweden (Rostorp and eitherstragousrd) with three alternative treatment programs: an educational program (SWT), the Minnesota 12-step model (12-step) and Dynamic Cognitive Behaviour modification (DCB). We wanted to find out if any of the programs was superior in terms of an improved psycho-social situation, but in particular which type of client responds best to what type of program. Method: Almost 800 convicted DUI's were randomised to one of the three treatment programs while imprisoned for a period of 6 weeks on average. All clients were investigated with respect to their social situation, health, work and income, criminality, alcohol- and drug use and their personality through the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) and NEO personality inventory. The clients were followed up 2 years after treatment by means of ASI-interviews.