[Integrated use of psychotherapeutic treatment methods in therapy of alcoholism]

The treatment of alcoholism is more promising than commonly assumed. Its success is based on the acceptance of a long-term treatment concept over a period of approximately 2 years, the willingness to differentiate between the individual treatment courses according to their underlying individual psychopathologies as well as adapting treatment measures to the actual phases during restitution. Many years of experience with various psychotherapeutic methods have proven that not so much one certain method, but their integrative application depending on the individual situation is relevant to treatment success. Thus, during treatment, a change between supportive, confrontative, systemic and family therapy-oriented elements can occur.