Addiction severity index scores of four racial/ethnic and gender groups of methadone maintenance patients

Brown, Lawrence S.; Alterman, Arthur I.; Rutherford, Megan J.; Cacciola, John S.; Zaballero, Arturo

doi:10.1016/0899-3289(93)90068-m

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“…Specifically, female DUI offenders were more likely to be drug dependent, to have injected drugs, to have sought care for themselves in the hospital or emergency rooms, to have more days of problems on the ASI Index at admission and follow-up, to have more mental health problems, and to be less likely to be working at admission and at follow-up. The present findings are in contrast with early research that found men are more likely to present with both alcohol and drug problems (Brown et al, 1993;Denier et al, 1991) but consistent with more recent research that women at admission to treatment have more severe problems than men (Hser et al, 2005).…”

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“…Males are also more likely than females to be apprehended on a number of occasions (Skurtveit et al, 2002b), to be fatally injured as a result of drug driving (Hausken et al, 2005), and to frequently engage in drink driving practices (Chou et al, 2005(Chou et al, , 2006. This gender difference between DUI offenders is consistent with the international research that has documented higher rates of general drug use among men than women (Fergusson & Horwood, 2000;Ogborne & Smart, 2000), found that men are more likely to take risks when driving (Bergdahl, 2005;Laapotti & Keskinen, 2004), and demonstrated that men are also more likely to present with alcohol and drug problems (Brown et al, 1993;Denier et al, 1991). In regards to drugged driving, the higher prevalence of male DUI offenders may relate to a number of factors, including the fact that men are more likely than women to (a) take drugs, (b) drive, and (c) have access to a vehicle (Neale, 2004).…”

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Gender Differences in DUI Offenders in Treatment in Texas

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2007

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Gender Differences in DUI Offenders in Treatment in Texas

Maxwell

Freeman

2007

Traffic Injury Prevention

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“…The ASI is a structured interview that assesses problem severity in seven domains (alcohol, drug, medical, employment, legal, family/social, and psychiatric) with 163 questions. The instrument has been validated with diverse populations in a wide variety of settings (McLellan et al 1992;McLellan et al 1980;Brown et al 1993). The ASI is a reliable and valid instrument (Fanzese 2005;Hendriks et al 1988;Kosten et al 1983; up to two subjects in each group missing data on some variables, 2 post hoc test indicated that age differed between Caucasus origin group and two other groups (p<0.001);…”

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Immigrants from Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus Region: Differential Drug Use, Infectious Disease, and Related Outcomes

Isralowitz

Reznik

Rawson

et al. 2009

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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This study examined drug use patterns, HIV/AIDS, and related outcomes among former Soviet Union (FSU) immigrants from Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus mountain region in Israel who reported heroin use. A total of 253 FSU heroin users were interviewed from 2002 to 2007 as part of a large drug use surveillance study in Israel. Individuals were sampled at drug treatment facilities in an urban population center of the Negev region of Israel. Participants were assessed using the Addiction Severity Index, fifth edition. First, immigrants from Russia and Ukraine were compared; then, as a group, compared to those from the Caucasus region. Overall, ASI composite scores suggested comparable levels of addiction severity between the Russian and Ukrainian groups. However, Kavkaz immigrants are older, less likely to be employed, and have more severe scores on many of the drug use measures as compared to the other two nationalities. This study shows different drug use patterns exist among FSU immigrants. Such differences may be, in part, due to socioeconomic, geographic and other sociodemographic factors. Injection drug use, regardless of country/region of origin is a critical public health problem, especially given the link between injection drug use and infectious disease.

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“…The findings point in the direction of comparatively more drug use and less treatment utilisation by ethnic minorities (Longshore et al, 1992;Brown et al, 1993;Pavkov et al, 1993;Finn, 1996;Harrison et al, 1997;Passos and Camacho, 2000;Lundgren et al, 2001;Siqueland et al, 2002). In The Netherlands this picture is not very different.…”

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Under-utilisation of Addiction Treatment Services by Heroin users from Ethnic Minorities: Results from a Cohort Study Over Four Years

Verdurmen

Smit

Toet³

et al. 2004

Addiction Research & Theory

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In this study the hypotheses were tested that retention rates, days spent in methadone treatment and upward mobility to outpatient and inpatient treatment modalities for heroin-dependent people in a methadone programme are lower for clients from ethnic minorities as compared with the clients from the ethnic majority (Dutch). Anonymous data for 742 heroin-dependent people who entered methadone treatment in 1996 were extracted from a psychiatric case register. Their health service utilisation was analysed over a period of four years. Results show that ethnic minorities are under-represented in the methadone programme. They also spent fewer days in the methadone programme. No differences were found between ethnic minorities and the Dutch clients in their use of outpatient treatment. However, people of Moroccan and Turkish descent were under-represented in inpatient treatment. This is of concern because fewer days in treatment predict less than optimal treatment outcomes.

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Addiction severity index scores of four racial/ethnic and gender groups of methadone maintenance patients

Cited by 43 publications

References 15 publications

Gender Differences in DUI Offenders in Treatment in Texas

Gender Differences in DUI Offenders in Treatment in Texas

Immigrants from Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus Region: Differential Drug Use, Infectious Disease, and Related Outcomes

Under-utilisation of Addiction Treatment Services by Heroin users from Ethnic Minorities: Results from a Cohort Study Over Four Years

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