Titre : | Attempted cessation of heroin use among men approaching mid-life |
Titre traduit : | (Tentative d'arrêt de l'usage d'héroïne chez des hommes approchant l'âge mûr) |
Auteurs : | K. MULLEN ; R. HAMMERSLEY |
Type de document : | Périodique |
Année de publication : | 2006 |
Format : | 77-92 / tabl. |
Note générale : |
Drugs Education, Prevention and Policy, 2006, 13, (1), 77-92 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | SHS (Sciences humaines et sociales / Humanities and social sciences) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés HEROINE ; DEPENDANCE ; TRAITEMENT ; SEXE MASCULIN ; TRAJECTOIRE ; ABSTINENCE |
Résumé : |
ENGLISH : Aims: To analyse the reasons for ceasing or continuing heroin use in mid-life and examine the contribution of drug treatment and social factors to this process. Methods: A semi-structured qualitative interview discussing drug-using history was conducted with Glasgow men who had previously received treatment for drug problems. Findings: Successful cessation occurred after repeated attempts and repeated treatments, often in the context of major life changes. Relapse occurred because of quitting without adequate mental preparation; returning to old haunts and life circumstances, life difficulties, the tedium of a life without heroin, and inability to cope with normal emotions previously blocked by heroin use. Men's lives could be understood as a set of tensions between the deviant subculture of heroin injecting and the conventional neighbourhood. The balance of these tensions affected men's behaviour and generally there needed to be both a push away from the subculture and a pull towards the neighbourhood for long-term cessation to occur. Conclusions: Treatment of heroin dependence may be better regarded as the management of a chronic problem, rather than as a single intervention with a quantifiable outcome. Treatment needs to consider both the benefits and problems of heroin use and the benefits and problems of conventional living. (Author's abstract.) |
Note de contenu : | tabl. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 45 |
Affiliation : |
Section Psychological Med., Univ. Glasgow, Gartnavel Royal Hosp., 1055 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G12 0xh, E-mail k.mullenclinmed.gla.ac.uk Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 1101487 |
Centre Emetteur : | 11 SEDAP |
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