Abstract
The goal of our study was to assess, whether the examination of the patient?s personality and complex problems brought by the substance abuse may predict a success of the inpatient treatment in a one-year follow-up. Forty-one patients at the average age of 24.0 +- 3.9 years who have abused metamphetamine for 5.9 years on the average, hospitalized in the Hospital for Treatment of Substance Dependence in Nechanice in the period from September 1, 2002 to March 31, 2003 were the study subjects.
We examined the patients using the TCI personality questionnaire and the EuropASI questionnaire during the first month of the hospitalization. We assessed the abstinence of the study subjects by mail one year after they had been discharged from the hospital.
Consclucion: The motivation may be based on problems, associated with the substance abuse.