Impact of co-occurring psychiatric disorders on retention in a methadone maintenance program: An 18-month follow-up study

Mònica Astals; Laura Díaz; Antònia Domingo-Salvany; Rocío Martín-Santos; Antoni Bulbena; Marta Torrens

doi:10.3390/ijerph6112822

Impact of co-occurring psychiatric disorders on retention in a methadone maintenance program: An 18-month follow-up study

Mònica Astals, Laura Díaz, Antònia Domingo-Salvany, Rocío Martín-Santos, Antoni Bulbena, Marta Torrens

Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine

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Abstract

We assess the influence of co-occurring psychiatric disorders on retention in 189 opioid dependent patients in a methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) and determine the incidence of psychiatric co-morbidity during an 18-month follow-up period. About 68.5 % were retained in the MMT. Neither co-occurring mental disorders (chi-square = 0.303, df = 1, p = 0.622) nor methadone doses [85 (88.9) vs. 79.2 (85) mg/day, p = 0.672] were related to retention. In the follow-up period 19 new diagnoses were made, mainly major depression and antisocial and borderline personality disorders. Co-occurring psychiatric disorders should be assessed during MMT follow-up. © 2009 by the authors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2822-2832
Journal	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume	6
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6112822
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2009

Keywords

Co-occurring psychiatric disorders
Incidence
Methadone
Retention

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Impact of co-occurring psychiatric disorders on retention in a methadone maintenance program: An 18-month follow-up study. / Astals, Mònica; Díaz, Laura; Domingo-Salvany, Antònia; Martín-Santos, Rocío; Bulbena, Antoni ; Torrens, Marta.

In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 6, No. 11, 01.11.2009, p. 2822-2832.

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