[Problems around liver transplantation for alcoholic liver diseases--from the standpoint of alcoholic treatment].

Liver transplantations for alcoholic liver diseases have been carried out recently in domestic medical treatment institutions. It is assumed that a lot of people who have alcoholic liver diseases and have no alternatives except for liver transplantation to sustain their life are alcoholics. Those people need treatment aimed at abstinence from before liver transplantation is carried out.

[Alcohol dependence syndrome and Before-Discharge Intervention Method (BDIM)--No. 5. Patients' evaluation of BDIM by questionnaire survey].

One (A.I) of the authors has developed BDIM (Before-Discharge Intervention Method) for the purpose of making alcoholics aware of their drinking problems. 153 patients were treated by BDIM.