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Referrals to a Scottish Drug Dependence Unit

A Descriptive Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

M. M. O'Rourke  and
J. A. Taylor
M. M. O'Rourke*
Affiliation:
Division of Psychological Medicine, Southern General Hospital (now Senior Clinical Psychologist, Graylingwell Hospital)
J. A. Taylor
Affiliation:
Division of Psychiatry, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow
*
Department of Clinical Psychology, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester, West Sussex PO194PQ
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The social and demographic characteristics, drug history and current levels of drug taking, drug-related illnesses, and criminal records of a one year cohort of attenders at the Southern General Hospital are described. The findings are compared with those of previous studies at the same clinic; made when methadone was prescribed for a limited period in reducing dosage and when this policy was being replaced by one of the use opiate-free drugs to cover withdrawal.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 2 , August 1987 , pp. 240 - 243
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1987 

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