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Seven year follow‐up of 300 young drug abusers
Author(s) -
Haastrup S.,
Jepsen P. W.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1984.tb01239.x
Subject(s) - drug , referral , substance abuse , addiction , psychiatry , medicine , population , heroin , pediatrics , family medicine , environmental health
– 300 young morphine addicts in Copenhagen were personally followed up 7 years after their first referral for treatment. The tracking rate was 93.7 %. Of the original population, approximately 2 % died yearly, i.e. 16 %. Each year 5‐6 % ceased drug abuse, and in 1980, 39 % were characterized as being socially well adjusted. In all, 20 % remained heavy drug users, though some had changed to other drugs.