Drug misuse treatment services in Scotland: predicting outcomes

Predicting outcomes and drug resistance with new standardised treatment.

In their hypothetical cohorts OXLADE et al. [1] predicted significant public-health benefits by changing from the 8-month to the 6-month (2HRZE/6HE to 2HRZE/4HR; where H5isoniazid, R5rifampicin, Z5pyrazinamide and E5ethambutol) regimen. Data from 2008 on drug-resistance surveillance from five World Health Organization (WHO) regions, i.e. Africa (Botswana), Western Pacific (China), Africa (Mozam...

Drug misuse in adolescence.

Problems of adolescent drug misuse are increasingly common. A retrospective study was undertaken to compare the data from adolescents who attended the accident and emergency department of an urban children's hospital in 1981 and 1985. Epidemiological characteristics of both groups are detailed. The results are discussed and the feasibility of units specialising in the management of adolescents ...

Drug treatment services in jails.

Prescription drug misuse.

BACKGROUND Recognising and dealing with patients who seek drugs for nonmedical purposes can be a difficult problem in general practice. 'Prescription shoppers' and patients with chronic nonmalignant pain problems are the main people who constitute this small but problematic group. The main drugs they seek are benzodiazepines and opioids. OBJECTIVE To provide data on current trends in prescrip...

The role of psychiatric disorders in predicting drug dependence treatment outcomes.

OBJECTIVE Previous research has demonstrated that psychiatric disorders are common among people who abuse alcohol and drugs, but few studies have examined the relationship of psychiatric disorders to drug treatment outcome. The authors conducted such an examination. METHOD They successfully reinterviewed 401 drug-dependent subjects (94% of the baseline in-treatment sample) and determined thei...