Social support among abstinent and non-abstinent alcohol dependent: A systematic review

Abstract

Introduction: Alcohol has ill health effects on alcoholics and also their families. The social support system is a term of families, neighbours and other self-help associations, which come to protect and rescue addicted individuals, to handle effectively with stressful life incidents. The present review will attempt to emphasise the Social Support of Abstinent and non-abstinent alcohol dependents people. Social Support: Social Support is executed for a distressed and worried individual by family, friends, relatives and neighbours. In the "Social Support" studies it is indicated that good interpersonal relationship has positive effects on physical and mental health. Methods: We conduct an electronic search from 1976-2018, on the database of epidemiological studies, PsycINFO, PubMed, Google Scholar, and General Academic literature covering Alcohol Dependence, effectiveness the social support on Abstinence and Non-Abstinence Alcoholic, and available social support for treatment of alcohol dependence. Social Support has been recognized as strongly correlated with alcohol dependence population. Studies have shown that alcohol-dependent people have shown relapse in association with interpersonal determinants, and poor social support. The present article will discuss how better available Social Support will help the Alcohol dependence population to maintain the abstinent and balance between distress and wellbeing.