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Crack cocaine - A two-year follow-up of treated patients
(Crack cocaine : suivi à deux ans d'un groupe de patients en traitement.)
Auteur(s) :
LARANJEIRA, R. ;
RASSI, R. ;
DUNN, J. ;
FERNANDES, M. ;
MITSUHIRO S.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
43-48
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
10
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
DESINTOXICATION
;
CRACK
;
CURE DE DESINTOXICATION
;
DEVENIR
;
ETUDE LONGITUDINALE
;
CONSOMMATION
;
MORTALITE
;
CRIMINALITE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE
Thésaurus géographique
BRESIL
Note générale :
Journal of Addictive Diseases, 2001, 20, (1), 43-48
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Objectives: To investigate the 2-year outcome of the first 131 crack cocaine users who had been admitted for a period of inpatient treatment. Design: Follow-up study of consecutive patients admitted between 1992 and 1994. Setting: Inpatient detoxification unit of a public general hospital in Sâo Paulo City, Brazil. Participants: 131 consecutive crack cocaine users. Measures: Reported crack use during last 12 months, incarceration and death. Findings: After 2 years, 50 patients reported crack use in the last 12 months, 29 said that they had not used it during this period, 9 were in prison, 13 had died, 2 had disappeared and no information was available on 28. Conclusions: Crack cocaine use seems to be associated with a high mortality rate and criminal involvement but about one-third of patients give up using the drug within 2 years of inpatient treatment. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
UNIAD, Depto Psiquiat., Escola Paulista Med., Saô Paulo-SP, 04038-000. E-mail: laranjeira@psiquiatria.epm.br
Brésil. Brazil.
Brésil. Brazil.