PMID: 11604381Oct 18, 2001Paper

Residential rehabilitation for drug users: a review of 13 months' intake to a therapeutic community

Family Practice
J KeenN Mathers

Abstract

Residential rehabilitation based on 'therapeutic community' treatment for drug users is a treatment option which is attractive to GPs and others referring drug users for treatment. Whilst there is evidence that maintenance-based programmes for drug users are effective, there have been fewer attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of abstinence-based programmes which are relatively more intensive and expensive interventions. This paper reports and evaluates the outcomes for 13 months' intake of 138 drug users to a residential community. We carried out a retrospective cohort study using existing clinical and residential record data. The setting is a residential rehabilitation centre run by the charity Phoenix House in Sheffield, UK, offering a 1-year programme for heroin addicts including community detoxification overseen by primary care specialist doctors and residential rehabilitation. Participants were all patients who entered treatment between 1 February 1998 and 28 February 1999 inclusive. An analysis was carried out of clinical records and other records kept by clinicians and staff at the centre. Outcome measures were numbers of days of retention in treatment and reasons for departure, categorized as completed treatment, pla...Continue Reading

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