Substance-abuse treatment and mortality

Substance-Abuse Treatment and Mortality∗

Drug-overdose deaths, which have more than doubled over the past decade, represent a growing public-health concern. Though substance-abuse treatment may be effective in reducing drug abuse, evidence for a causal effect of treatment on drug-related mortality is lacking. I analyze the effect of substance-abuse treatment on mortality by exploiting county-level variation in treatment facilities dri...

Detoxification and Substance Abuse Treatment

Substance Abuse Treatment Stage and Personal Networks of Women in Substance Abuse Treatment.

This study examines the relationship among 4 treatment stages (i.e., engagement, persuasion, active treatment, relapse prevention) and the composition, social support, and structural characteristics of personal networks. The study sample includes 242 women diagnosed with substance dependence who were interviewed within their first month of intensive outpatient treatment. Using EgoNet software, ...

Treatment of Ptsd and Substance Abuse Comorbidity

The best evidence suggests that PTSD is often comorbid with other Axis I and Axis II disorders. National estimates hypothesize that over 85% of individuals with PTSD will meet diagnostic criteria for at least one additional disorder. Inpatient substance abuse centers report that up to 50% of their clients also meet criteria for PTSD. The comorbidity of PTSD and substance abuse (PTSD-SA) is unli...

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Background: Regional incidence trends in regular heroin use are important for assessing the effectiveness of drug policies and for forecasting potential future epidemics. Methods: To estimate incidence trends we applied both the more traditional Reporting Delay Adjustment (RDA) method as well as the new and less data demanding General Inclusion Function (GIF) method. The latter describes the pr...