Follow‐up of Heroin Addicts in Spain (EMETYST Project): results 1 year after treatment admission

JAVIER SÁANCHEZ‐CARBONELL; JORDI CAMI; BLANCA BRIGOS

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Follow‐up of Heroin Addicts in Spain (EMETYST Project): results 1 year after treatment admission

JAVIER SÁANCHEZ‐CARBONELL, JORDI CAMI, BLANCA BRIGOS

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The EMETYST (Estudio Multicéntrico de Evaluación de Tratamientos y Seguimiento de Toxicómanos) project describes demographic characteristics and history of drug abuse in a sample of 311 heroin addicts, who began treatment for addiction between the months of March and July 1985 in 16 different outpatient drug‐free clinics in Spain. The outcome of these patients was studied prospectively at 6 and 12 months after the onset of treatment. Drug use, psychological status, occupational status, and legal status were the main areas of interest. At 12 months, 51% of patients had discontinued heroin use (p < 0.01). Ten per cent of patients remained on treatment for 1 year of more. As previously reported in other studies, treatment decreased heroin use and improved psychological status. Predictive factors of the patient's status at 12 months were duration of therapy, pretreatment criminal history, and results obtained at 6‐month follow‐up. Copyright © 1988, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1439-1448
Journal	British Journal of Addiction
Volume	83
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1988.tb02558.x
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1988

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