[Comprehensive approach in treatment at the day care hospital department for alcoholism and other drug addictions in the Sarajevo Canton].
In this paper, experiences in treatment of alcoholics with the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder are presented in the form of case review. During the five year post-war period /1996-2001/ 72.8% of total number of treated patients were treated for the first time, and 34.5% had the diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder beside the diagnosis of alcohol addiction. In the observed period, changes in symptoms of the patients-alcoholics that were caused by the war trauma were noticed. The authors present their own experiences in the application of new techniques and the approach to these patients that have been integrated in the overall treatment system. Principles such as active treatment and multidisciplinary team approach through networked group and individual treatment forms were pointed through this case review.