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Abstinence and Initiation of Treatment Following Inpatient Detoxification
Author(s) -
Blondell Richard D.,
Smith Susan J.,
Canfield Marta C.,
Servoss Timothy J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1080/10550490600998815
Subject(s) - abstinence , detoxification (alternative medicine) , medicine , psychiatry , prospective cohort study , mental health , drug treatment , cohort , alternative medicine , pathology
This prospective cohort study compared in‐patients who remained abstinent and initiated aftercare treatment following detoxification with those who did not. Of 110 patients enrolled, 58% (46/79) were totally abstinent and 72% (67/93) initiated treatment during the first 30 days following hospital discharge. Patients who relapsed after hospital discharge were more likely than those who remained abstinent to have a primary drug‐use disorder (p = 0.05), prior mental health treatment (p = .007), or previous incarceration (p = 0.035). Those who initiated aftercare treatment were less likely to have had prior mental health treatment than those who did not (p = .046).