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Impact of Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders on Retention in a Methadone Maintenance Program: An 18-Month Follow-Up Study

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  • Mònica Astals

    (Institute of Psychiatry and Addiction (IAPs), Hospital del Mar and Institut Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), Hospital del Mar, Psg. Marítim 25-29, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Laura Díaz

    (Institute of Psychiatry and Addiction (IAPs), Hospital del Mar and Institut Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), Hospital del Mar, Psg. Marítim 25-29, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Antònia Domingo-Salvany

    (Research Programme in Epidemiology and Public Health, Institut Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), Hospital del Mar, Doctor Aiguader 88, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Rocío Martín-Santos

    (Institute of Psychiatry and Addiction (IAPs), Hospital del Mar and Institut Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), Hospital del Mar, Psg. Marítim 25-29, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Antoni Bulbena

    (Institute of Psychiatry and Addiction (IAPs), Hospital del Mar and Institut Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), Hospital del Mar, Psg. Marítim 25-29, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain
    Department of Psychiatry, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain)

  • Marta Torrens

    (Institute of Psychiatry and Addiction (IAPs), Hospital del Mar and Institut Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), Hospital del Mar, Psg. Marítim 25-29, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain
    Department of Psychiatry, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain)

Abstract

We assess the influence of co-occurring psychiatric disorders on retention in 189 opioid dependent patients in a methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) and determine the incidence of psychiatric co-morbidity during an 18-month follow-up period. About 68.5 % were retained in the MMT. Neither co-occurring mental disorders (chi-square = 0.303, df = 1, p = 0.622) nor methadone doses [85 (88.9) vs. 79.2 (85) mg/day, p = 0.672] were related to retention. In the follow-up period 19 new diagnoses were made, mainly major depression and antisocial and borderline personality disorders. Co-occurring psychiatric disorders should be assessed during MMT follow-up.

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  • Mònica Astals & Laura Díaz & Antònia Domingo-Salvany & Rocío Martín-Santos & Antoni Bulbena & Marta Torrens, 2009. "Impact of Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders on Retention in a Methadone Maintenance Program: An 18-Month Follow-Up Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 6(11), pages 1-11, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:6:y:2009:i:11:p:2822-2832:d:6185
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    1. Martin Bråbäck & Anna Brantefors & Johan Franck & Louise Brådvik & Pernilla Isendahl & Suzan Nilsson & Katja Troberg & Anders Håkansson, 2022. "Substance Use, Hospitalizations, and Co-Occurring Disorders among Patients Transferred from a Needle Exchange Program to Opioid Maintenance Treatment," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(2), pages 1-14, January.

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