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Serafini K, Lapaglia D, Steinfeld M. Calling for help? Considering function and meaning when patients drunk-dial psychotherapists. Subst Abuse. 2013;7:131-7doi: 10.4137/SART.S12423.
Serafini, K., Lapaglia, D., & Steinfeld, M. (2013). Calling for help? Considering function and meaning when patients drunk-dial psychotherapists. Substance abuse : research and treatment, 7131-7. https://doi.org/10.4137/SART.S12423
Serafini, Kelly, et al. "Calling for help? Considering function and meaning when patients drunk-dial psychotherapists." Substance abuse : research and treatment vol. 7 (2013): 131-7. doi: https://doi.org/10.4137/SART.S12423
Serafini K, Lapaglia D, Steinfeld M. Calling for help? Considering function and meaning when patients drunk-dial psychotherapists. Subst Abuse. 2013 Aug 19;7:131-7. doi: 10.4137/SART.S12423. eCollection 2013. PMID: 24023519; PMCID: PMC3762714.
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Subst Abuse. 2013 Aug 19;7:131-7. doi: 10.4137/SART.S12423. eCollection 2013.

Calling for help? Considering function and meaning when patients drunk-dial psychotherapists.

Substance abuse : research and treatment

Kelly Serafini, Donna Lapaglia, Matthew Steinfeld

Affiliations

  1. Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

PMID: 24023519 PMCID: PMC3762714 DOI: 10.4137/SART.S12423

Abstract

Drunk-dialing is a term documented in both popular culture and academic literatures to describe a behavior in which a person contacts another individual by phone while intoxicated. In our collective clinical experience we have found that clients drunk-dial their clinicians too, particularly while in substance use treatment, and yet there is a noticeable absence of research on the topic to guide clinical decision-making within a process-based understanding of these events. As the parameters within which psychotherapy takes place become increasingly technologized, a literature base to document clients' idiosyncratic use of technology will become increasingly necessary and useful. We provide a brief review of the existing research on drunk-dialing and conclude with specific questions to guide future research and practice.

Keywords: alcohol use; boundary violations; clinical process; drunk-dialing; substance use; therapeutic frame

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