STUDENT CMJ Treating Heroin Addiction: Comparison of Methadone Therapy, Hospital Therapy without Methadone, and Therapeutic Community
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Methods. Ninety heroin addicts from the city of Split, Croatia, were systematically allocated to three groups, with 30 participants each, according to the addiction treatment modality they underwent or treatment that resulted in the longest abstinence. All participants were heroin addicts for at least 2 years before the treatment. The first group was treated by methadone, the second by hospital therapy, and the third in a therapeutic community. The criterion of the treatment success was minimum two-year heroin abstinence after therapy.
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Treating heroin addiction: comparison of methadone therapy, hospital therapy without methadone, and therapeutic community.
AIM To analyze the success of three different treatment modalities for heroin addiction: methadone therapy, hospital therapy without methadone, and therapeutic community. METHODS Ninety heroin addicts from the city of Split, Croatia, were systematically allocated to three groups, with 30 participants each, according to the addiction treatment modality they underwent or treatment that resulted...
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