A Comparison of Mental Health Hospital Admissions in a Cohort of Heroin Users Prior to and After Rapid Opiate Detoxification and Oral Naltrexone Maintenance

@article{citeulike:3197654, abstract = {Mental health (MH) hospital admissions were investigated in a cohort (N = 1184) of heroin dependent persons using linked health records. All MH in-patient admissions were extracted 36 months before to 36 months after commencing rapid opioid detoxification (ROD) and oral naltrexone. Results show that the incidence rate ratio (IRR) of drug-related and other MH admissions peaked in the 3 months immediately prior to treatment. All categories subsequently declined to baseline levels by 36 months following treatment. The authors conclude that treatment for heroin dependence reduces risk of MH admissions.}, author = {Arnold-Reed, D. E. and O'Neil, P. and Holman, C. D. J. and Bulsara, M. K. and Rodiguez, C. and Gawthorne, G. and Tait, R. J. and Hulse, G. K.}, citeulike-article-id = {3197654}, doi = {10.1080/00952990701522666}, journal = {The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse}, keywords = {heroin, opioid-dependence, oral-naltrexone, rapid-opioid-detoxification}, number = {5}, pages = {655--664}, posted-at = {2008-09-05 17:27:26}, priority = {0}, publisher = {Informa Healthcare}, title = {A Comparison of Mental Health Hospital Admissions in a Cohort of Heroin Users Prior to and After Rapid Opiate Detoxification and Oral Naltrexone Maintenance}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00952990701522666}, volume = {33}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3197654 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3197654 N2 - Mental health (MH) hospital admissions were investigated in a cohort (N = 1184) of heroin dependent persons using linked health records. All MH in-patient admissions were extracted 36 months before to 36 months after commencing rapid opioid detoxification (ROD) and oral naltrexone. Results show that the incidence rate ratio (IRR) of drug-related and other MH admissions peaked in the 3 months immediately prior to treatment. All categories subsequently declined to baseline levels by 36 months following treatment. The authors conclude that treatment for heroin dependence reduces risk of MH admissions. IS - 5 JF - The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse EP - 664 TI - A Comparison of Mental Health Hospital Admissions in a Cohort of Heroin Users Prior to and After Rapid Opiate Detoxification and Oral Naltrexone Maintenance PB - Informa Healthcare VL - 33 SP - 655 KW - heroin KW - opioid-dependence KW - oral-naltrexone KW - rapid-opioid-detoxification AU - Arnold-Reed, DE AU - O'Neil, P AU - Holman, CDJ AU - Bulsara, MK AU - Rodiguez, C AU - Gawthorne, G AU - Tait, RJ AU - Hulse, GK PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00952990701522666 ER -