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La Terapia Centrada en Soluciones. Una opción de tratamiento para la dependencia al alcohol

Martha Cordero, Roberto Cordero, Guillermina Natera, Jorge Caraveo

MEXICO

En México, el consumo excesivo de alcohol representa uno de los principales retos de salud pública a escala nacional. Aunque existen diversas estrategias de intervención que pretenden incidir en este problema también hay un gran vacío con respecto a si dichas intervenciones son un factor causal en el cambio producido por el consumidor y la manera en que dicho cambio se produce después del tratamiento. Una vía para conocerlo es evaluar sus resultados.

 

La Terapia Centrada en Soluciones (TCS) constituye una alternativa a las que tradicionalmente se utilizan para tratar el consumo de alcohol. Sus resultados se han documentado en diferentes países de América y de la Comunidad Europea, pero no en población hispana.

 

SUMMARY

In Mexico, excess drinking constitutes one of the main public health challenges nationwide. The 2002 National Addictions Survey documented the existence of 11 035 262 heavy drinkers, 3 226 490 habitual drinkers, 2 841 303 persons with alcohol dependence and 2 343 710 persons who started arguing with their spouse or partner when drunk.

 

Illnesses that are directly or indirectly associated with drinking are among the ten leading causes of death in Mexico among the general population: specifically, men die from attacks or homicide, self-inflicted wounds, alcoholic liver disease and other chronic diseases of the liver and alcohol dependence syndrome.

 

Although there are various intervention strategies that attempt to influence this problem, it is not known whether these interventions are a causal factor in the change produced by the consumer and the way in which this change is produced after treatment; one way of determining this is by evaluating their results.

 

Although Solution-Focused Therapy constitutes a different alternative to those that have traditionally been used for treating alcohol consumption, most research conducted in Mexico and other countries is carried out using a social learning model.

 

Although the results of the Solution-Focused Therapy have been documented in various countries in America and the European Community, the findings are insufficient for it to be regarded as an optimal treatment for modifying excess alcohol consumption among the Mexican population.

 

Nota: Datos de la ENA 2002

 

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FUENTE:
 Centro de Documentación e Información en Psiquiatría y Salud Mental

http://www.inprf-cd.org.mx/revista_sm