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Drug Interventions Programme: clinical profile of service users v. attendees of standard services

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Christos Kouimtsidis ,
Jo Edwards ,
Christine Wallis  and
Karen Drabble
Christos Kouimtsidis
Affiliation:
Section of Addictive Behaviour, Division of Mental Health, St George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, e-mail: [email protected]
Christine Wallis
Affiliation:
Clinical Team, Drug Interventions Programme, Hertfordshire Partnership Trust
Karen Drabble
Affiliation:
North-West Herts Community Drug and Alcohol Team, Hertfordshire Partnership Trust
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Abstract

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Aims and Method

We conducted a retrospective survey of all cases referred to the Drug Interventions Programme in Hertfordshire for the first 9 months in order to compare them with those referred to one of the community drug and alcohol teams.

Results

The Drugs Interventions Programme had significantly more White British clients and clients who had dropped out from previous treatment. Compared with community team clients, the Programme had a higher percentage of clients with an opioid problem (92%), of whom a high percentage also misused other substances (78%) and injected drugs (30%, half of whom shared needles).

Clinical Implications

More chaotic clients who had failed previous treatment have entered treatment with the Drug Interventions Programme.

Type
Original papers
Information
Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 32 , Issue 7 , July 2008 , pp. 245 - 247
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Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2008

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