Showing papers in "Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment in 1992"

TL;DR: The clinical and research uses of the ASI over the past 12 years are discussed, emphasizing some special circumstances that affect its administration.

TL;DR: The women were similar to the men with respect to sociodemographic characteristics, family history, alcohol/drug history, and treatment completion, however, they were more likely to report a sexual abuse history and indicated more emotional distress than the men.

TL;DR: To the extent that practitioners can keep abreast of developments and adjust their clinical work accordingly, there is reason to believe that the effectiveness of substance abuse treatment can be greatly increased.

TL;DR: It is suggested that enhanced drug treatment can improve pregnancy outcome and, in particular, reduce low birth weight for this high-risk population.

TL;DR: Odds ratios show that schizophrenia and mood disorders and especially associated on a lifetime and current basis are associated in treatment-seeking drug addicts entering the high-threshold program.

TL;DR: The main finding is that most addicts have a strong interest in training and employment services, but their expectations about the impact of such services is often unrealistic.

TL;DR: Patients who received treatment for their OCD and substance abuse stayed in treatment longer, showed greater reductions in OCD symptom severity, and had higher overall abstinence rates at 12-month follow-up.

TL;DR: The wide range of vocational problems found among individuals with substance use disorders and the elements of a recently funded vocational program for patients in outpatient and residential drug and alcohol treatment programs are described.

TL;DR: This paper reviews studies that used the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory with drug abusers and suggests that a reliable modal MCMI profile among this population seems to exist, although cluster research suggests several subtypes, each with different personality styles.

TL;DR: It appears that, compared to illicit drug injectors not in treatment, being in methadone maintenance may offer a protective effect against crack use.

TL;DR: Results indicated that untreated women were less impaired socially and exhibited fewer symptoms of psychiatric distress, confirming the commonly held belief that the severity of psychosocial distress may be an important motivating factor in the decision to enter drug treatment.

TL;DR: The CUAD is in a semistructured interview format; it derives both substance use severity scores and DSM-III-R substance use disorder diagnoses and can be administered in a short period with minimal training.

TL;DR: It is concluded from this study that the demand for alcohol treatment is not determined by alcohol consumption alone, suggesting that alcohol treatment should not only focus on alcohol consumption but also focus on problems related to marital and employment status in order to prevent future need foralcohol treatment.

TL;DR: This study demonstrates that concentrating on substance abuse and failing to address issues of sexual abuse increases the likelihood of lower rates of rehabilitation and it is suggested that information regarding sexual abuse should be obtained during the assessment and intake procedures conducted by addiction rehabilitation programs.

TL;DR: By studying a cohort of 41 patients for their first year in a methadone maintenance program, this study revealed significant trends of diminished narcotic and cocaine use, but increased benzodiazepine use was also identified.

TL;DR: Investigation of maternal bereavement in a small pilot sample of obstetric substance abusers suggests that grief in anticipation of possible postnatal custody loss is common.

TL;DR: Two cases of khat addiction that were successfully treated with bromocriptine are presented and it is shown that this plant can be used as an alternative recreational drug.

TL;DR: The problems of cultural influence, prevalence of the problem, and factors contributing to isolation and denial are addressed and current programs that are accessible and provide alcohol and substance abuse recovery recovery are identified.

TL;DR: The results indicated that family functioning, the cohesion dimension in particular, predicts severity of patient's dysfunction resulting from drug use and family and psychological problems.

TL;DR: No significant differences were found in the proportion of study participants who reached 0 mg or who reduced their dose during study participation, and discussion focuses on ways to improve the quality of methadone treatment in preparation for eventual withdrawal.

TL;DR: Compared to men who use cocaine without opioids, compulsive speedball users evidenced significantly greater problems with depression, trait anxiety, and related symptomatology, and were more uniformly characterized by modal profiles reflecting severe psychopathology and maladjustment.

TL;DR: The treatment approach presented incorporates the approaches used with eating disorders, substance abuse/dependence, and narcissistic personality disorders, as well as treatment modalities that might be helpful in the treatment of AAS-dependent individuals.

TL;DR: The authors describe the successful use of an adjunctive group psychotherapy for substance-abusing patients with major psychiatric disorders that utilizes a psychoeducational approach that focuses on substance abuse causes and consequences, principles of recovery, and relapse prevention strategies.

TL;DR: Seven percent (19 of 275) of children and adolescents not ascertained for seeking treatment received a DSM-III diagnosis of alcohol or drug use disorder, and the adolescents who remitted had a high likelihood of developing subsequent psychopathology.

TL;DR: The use of both reinforcement treatments and the use of support following treatment were associated with improved abstinence rates from cocaine and the follow-up rate in this study was lower than that of the previous study.

TL;DR: Results of this nonrandomized study of inpatient and outpatient treatment suggest that decisions to hospitalize were made on a rational basis and that inpatient treatment had better long-term efficacy.

TL;DR: The DRS reliably identifies neuropsychological impairment, and may be a useful screening tool in this population of intravenous drug abusers.

TL;DR: The impressive therapeutic progress of the incest survivors, which is attributable to the group, suggests the possible utility of such a group for other therapeutic communities and treatment programs.

TL;DR: In this paper, the intake group (IG) and the non-IG (No-IG) were divided into two different groups according to intake procedures, and they found that beginners in the program were more often infected with human immunodeficiency virus and used amphetamine more frequently and alcohol less frequently than non-beginners.

TL;DR: It is postulate that for an individual whose sex-role identity is threatened, drug abuse has a stabilizing function, and it carries a message.