[Testing the usefulness of relaxation techniques in drug addicts. Proving its usefulness]

Experience in a hospital detoxification unit teaches that one of withdrawal symptoms which produces the greatest anxiety for a patient is sleeping disorders, whether insomnia or difficulty starting sleep. Both cause anxiety as bedtime approaches. This article stresses the importance of relaxation techniques for this type of patient when they are admitted in our detoxification unit. These techniques form part of accepted methods which our unit employs.