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Characteristics of Attenders at a Scottish Drug Dependence Clinic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

A. A. Fraser  and
K. M. Leighton
A. A. Fraser
Affiliation:
Division of Psychological Medicine, Southern General Hospital, Govan Road, Glasgow G51
K. M. Leighton
Affiliation:
Division of Psychological Medicine, Southern General Hospital. Current appointment—Registrar in Psychiatry, Leverndale Hospital, Crookston Road, Glasgow G53
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Summary

Eighty opiate takers attending a Scottish drug dependence clinic were studied on a number of characteristics. The more recent attenders since 1981 were younger but otherwise not different from longer-term attenders. Recent young heroin abusers may not be seeking treatment from the drug clinic.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 144 , Issue 3 , March 1984 , pp. 307 - 310
Copyright
Copyright © 1984 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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