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3083985

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6526
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-6-13
pubmed:abstractText
Centres for the treatment of drug abusers are often integrated with regional psychiatric hospitals and are the focus of the British response to opiate addiction. Little is known, however, about the use made of these services by drug users in the community or about the success of these services. This study examined the use made of one centre offering a detoxification service by a cohort of 183 heroin users from a large Scottish general practice. Over half of this cohort were referred to the psychiatric drug treatment service, but less than one third started treatment. The evidence did not indicate that patients who had extended contact with the psychiatric service showed prolonged abstinence, though methodological difficulties necessitate further prospective studies. This study raises important questions about the value and appropriateness of this type of service in the light of the pattern of voluntary remission and relapse displayed by heroin users and in the absence of adequate provision for drug abusers in the community.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0267-0623
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
292
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
997-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Use of psychiatric drug treatment services by heroin users from general practice.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article