A 33-year follow-up of narcotics addicts

Archives of General Psychiatry
Y I HserM D Anglin

Abstract

This study examined longitudinal patterns of heroin use, other substance use, health, mental health, employment, criminal involvement, and mortality among heroin addicts. The sample was composed of 581 male heroin addicts admitted to the California Civil Addict Program (CAP) during the years 1962 through 1964; CAP was a compulsory drug treatment program for heroin-dependent criminal offenders. This 33-year follow-up study updates information previously obtained from admission records and 2 face-to-face interviews conducted in 1974-1975 and 1985-1986; in 1996-1997, at the latest follow-up, 284 were dead and 242 were interviewed. In 1996-1997, the mean age of the 242 interviewed subjects was 57.4 years. Age, disability, years since first heroin use, and heavy alcohol use were significant correlates of mortality. Of the 242 interviewed subjects, 20.7% tested positive for heroin (with additional 9.5% urine refusal and 14.0% incarceration, for whom urinalyses were unavailable), 66.9% reported tobacco use, 22.1% were daily alcohol drinkers, and many reported illicit drug use (eg, past-year heroin use was 40.5%; marijuana, 35.5%; cocaine, 19.4%; crack, 10.3%; amphetamine, 11.6%). The group also reported high rates of health problems, ...Continue Reading

Citations

Dec 1, 2013·Clinical Medicine : Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London·Ilana Crome
Apr 29, 2014·Evaluation and Program Planning·Izaak L Williams, Clifford R O'Donnell
Jan 9, 2014·Progress in Neuro-psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry·Shin-Chang KuoSan-Yuan Huang
Jan 23, 2014·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Katrin H PrellerBoris B Quednow
Jun 15, 2007·Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine·Benedikt FischerWim van den Brink
Dec 19, 2006·European Addiction Research·M RibeiroR Laranjeira
Mar 13, 2008·European Addiction Research·Susanne M BauerGabriele Fischer
Dec 29, 2012·BMC Psychiatry·Thérèse HuissoudFrançoise Dubois-Arber
Mar 29, 2007·Journal of Women's Health·Hillary Veda KuninsJulia Hope Arnsten
May 12, 2006·Substance Abuse : Official Publication of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse·Darren M MaysSteven D Forman
Oct 26, 2006·Substance Abuse : Official Publication of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse·Jing FanDiane Herbeck
Oct 3, 2008·Journal of General Internal Medicine·Adam J GordonUNKNOWN Society of General Internal Medicine's Substance Abuse Interest Group
Aug 30, 2002·Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine·Linda WeissRuth Finkelstein
Jun 7, 2003·Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine·Karin E Tobin, Carl A Latkin
Jul 27, 2004·Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine·Shane Darke, Sharlene Kaye
Aug 4, 2004·CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal = Journal De L'Association Medicale Canadienne·Benedikt FischerDolly Baliunas
Nov 26, 2005·Journal of General Internal Medicine·Michael D SteinPeter D Friedmann
Jun 16, 2006·Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine·Joy C YangYih-Ing Hser
Jan 16, 2007·Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine·Richard SaitzJeffrey H Samet
Jul 3, 2008·JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association·Charles P O'Brien
Aug 6, 2008·The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research·Elizabeth EvansYih-Ing Hser
Oct 30, 2008·Journal of Addictive Diseases·Yih-Ing HserElizabeth Evans
Dec 17, 2008·The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease·Michelle R LofwallEric C Strain
Apr 3, 2009·Journal of Addictive Diseases·Sarah E WakemanJosiah D Rich
Apr 14, 2009·The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease·Suzette Glasner-EdwardsUNKNOWN Methamphetamine Treatment Project Corporate Authors
May 7, 2009·Journal of Women & Aging·Alison B Hamilton, Christine E Grella
Aug 27, 2009·Journal of Psychoactive Drugs·Shannon Gwin MitchellRobert P Schwartz
Oct 14, 2009·Indian Journal of Psychiatry·Shubh M SinghDebasish Basu
Oct 31, 2009·The American Journal on Addictions·Shannon Gwin MitchellRobert P Schwartz
Apr 16, 2010·Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes : JAIDS·Christina S MeadeGeorge E Woody
Apr 1, 2007·Indian Journal of Psychiatry·Saddichha SahooC R J Khess
Feb 16, 2011·American Journal of Epidemiology·Becky L GenbergShruti H Mehta
Feb 19, 2011·American Journal of Public Health·Christy K ScottRonald S Simeone
Aug 31, 2011·Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine·Cui YangCarl Latkin
Nov 26, 2003·European Neuropsychopharmacology : the Journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology·Wim van den Brink, Jan M van Ree
Mar 17, 2007·The American Journal of Bioethics : AJOB·Steven E Hyman
Oct 16, 2004·Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology·Kenneth SilvermanMaxine L Stitzer

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Addiction

This feed focuses mechanisms underlying addiction and addictive behaviour including heroin and opium dependence, alcohol intoxication, gambling, and tobacco addiction.