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Detoxification as a gateway to long-term treatment: assessing two interventions.

AbstractTwo interventions designed to increase the likelihood of entry into long-term treatment upon discharge from hospital detoxification are compared in a randomized controlled trial. The 279 study participants were treated for heroin and/or cocaine dependence on detoxification wards in two hospitals in a poor, predominantly Hispanic, neighborhood in New York City. One-third of the participants entered and remained in long-term treatment for the first 30 days after discharge from detoxification, 23% were in treatment for 1-29 days, and 43% received no treatment in the 30 days. Neither of the interventions--one, a brief motivational psychotherapy, the other, a series of treatment-related videos--is found to be significantly superior to treatment as usual in increasing the likelihood of utilization of long-term treatment. While weaknesses in the interventions themselves need to be examined, it is also concluded that conditions on the detoxification wards may hamper effective intervention.
AuthorsMari Millery, Bhadra Paula Kleinman, Nayak L Polissar, Robert B Millman, Michael Scimeca (Affiliation: Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University, 722 West 168 Street, Room 11-14, New York, NY 10032, USA. mm994 at columbia.edu)
JournalJournal of substance abuse treatment (J Subst Abuse Treat) Vol. 23 Issue 3 Pg. 183-90 (Oct 2002) ISSN: 0740-5472 [Print] United States
PMID12392804 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
CopyrightCopyright 2002 Elsevier Science Inc.
Topics
  • Adult
  • Cocaine-Related Disorders (drug therapy, rehabilitation)
  • Emergency Services, Psychiatric
  • Female
  • Heroin Dependence (drug therapy, rehabilitation)
  • Humans
  • Length of Stay
  • Male
  • Motivation
  • New York City
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Psychotherapy, Brief
  • Regression Analysis
  • Videotape Recording

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