Author:
Gossop Michael,Green Lynette,Phillips Grania,Bradley Brendan
Abstract
This paper presents data from the first British prospective study to investigate relapse among opiate addicts after treatment. Eighty subjects were followed up over the six-month period immediately after discharge from treatment and were interviewed on several occasions. Large numbers of subjects used opiates within a very short time after discharge; 71% used them within the first six weeks. However, this first lapse to opiate use did not herald a full-blown relapse to dependent use. There was a gradual increase in the number of abstinent subjects, with 45% abstinent and living in the community at the six-month point. The practical and theoretical implications may be regarded as broadly encouraging.
Publisher
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health
Cited by
198 articles.
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