| NCJ Number: |
166029   |
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| Title: |
Drug Use Before and During Drug Abuse Treatment: 1979-1981 TOPS Admission Cohorts |
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| Author(s): |
S G Craddock; R M Bray; R L Hubbard |
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| Corporate Author: |
RTI International
United States of America |
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| Date Published: |
1985 |
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| Page Count: |
95 |
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| Sponsoring Agency: |
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Bethesda, MD 20892-9561
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
RTI International
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 |
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| Contract Number: |
271-79-3611 |
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| Publication Number: |
(ADM)85-1387 |
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| Sale Source: |
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institutes of Health
6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 5213
Bethesda, MD 20892-9561
United States of America
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
United States of America |
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| Type: |
Survey |
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| Language: |
English |
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| Country: |
United States of America |
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| Annotation: |
More than 11,000 clients of four types of drug treatment programs were studied with respect to their drug use patterns before and during treatment. |
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| Abstract: |
Intake and treatment data were collected during 1979, 1980, and 1981 for the clients of detoxification, outpatient methadone maintenance, drug-free outpatient, and drug-free residential treatment programs. Followup interviews were conducted on random samples of the clients at time periods ranging from 90 days to 4 years after treatment. Results revealed that male clients were generally older than female clients with the same drug use pattern. Prior admissions appeared to have a systematic but complex relationship with the drug use pattern; the relationship varied by treatment method. The number of drug-related problems a client had in the year before treatment was positively related to the severity of drug use. Weeks of full-time work did not appear to have any relationship to the severity or type of drug use. Finally, high involvement in a drug use network was strongly related to the severity index for the year before treatment. Tables, appended methodological information and additional results, and 32 references |
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| Main Term(s): |
Drug treatment programs |
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| Index Term(s): |
Services effectiveness; Treatment techniques |
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| Note: |
DCC |
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To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=166029 |
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