Posttraumatic stress disorder and short-term outcome in early methadone treatment
Posttraumatic stress disorder and short-term outcome in early methadone treatment
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DOI:
10.1016/s0740-5472(99)00088-4
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发表时间:
2000-07-01
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
Fraser, D
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作者:
Hien, DA;Nunes, E;Fraser, D
The aim of this study was to determine treatment adherence relative to frequency of violence and posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD) among new methadone patients. Ninety-sis opiate-abusing patients were evaluated for childhood physical and sexual abuse (CPSA), adulthood exposures to violence (ADVIOL), PTSD, and treatment adherence. Overall, 43% of the subjects dropped out of treatment within 3 months of intake. Occurrence of trauma or PTSD did not predict drop-out rates. A 2 (Gender) x 2 (PTSD) analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) with severity of other drug use on admission as a covariate, however, revealed a main effect for PTSD, F(4, 71) = 7.69, p less than or equal to .01, such that those patients with current PTSD revealed significantly more ongoing drug use at 3 months (M = 24.3, SD = 20.9) than those without (M = 8.9, SD = 11.8). Examination of ongoing cocaine use using a 2 (Gender) x 2 (PTSD) ANCOVA also revealed a main effect for PTSD, F(4, 17) = 8.24, p less than or equal to .005, such that those patients with current PTSD revealed significantly more ongoing cocaine use at 3 months postadmission (M = 51.6, SD = 37.6) than those without (M = 24.3, SD = 20.9). For both genders, CPSA and ADVIOL were associated with higher rates of PTSD, which in turn predicted poorer treatment adherence as measured by ongoing co-occurring drug abuse 3 months postadmission. Results underscore the need for routine assessment and targeted treatment of trauma in methadone patients. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.