Harvey Siegal

..Survey questionnaires were sent to all individuals who graduated from Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, between 1982 and 1990...

..The three clusters also showed similar improvements between the intake and six-month follow-up in these ASI life domains. The implications of these findings are discussed...

..Logistic regression analyses further estimated the significant impact of the posttreatment factors on the achievement of sustained abstinence. The implications of these findings for treatment services research are discussed...

..Developing a strategy to practically apply these findings may facilitate treatment entry among a population involved with a dangerous and debilitating drug...

..The longer post-treatment aftercare was related to better outcomes in criminality. The length of aftercare participation was also significantly associated with employment and readiness for treatment...

..White crack users were more likely to have comorbidity, complicating their treatment...

..Higher lifetime occasions of MDMA use were marginally related to symptoms of serious depression...

..White and younger people were more likely to be classified in the heavy user group. The results suggest that comprehensive substance abuse prevention and treatment programs are needed in rural communities...

..Latent class analysis is a useful method to help describe and understand variability in polydrug use patterns...

..The typology can aid in the development of communication strategies necessary for successful prevention activities among some categories of ecstasy users...

..Variations in the prevalence of psychiatric disorders have practical implications for drug abuse prevention and treatment programs...

..Fourteen African Americans reported methamphetamine use and discussed pathways to it. Possible increases in African- American methamphetamine use merits further investigation...

..RDS has the potential to be widely employed in studies of illicit drug-using populations...

..We focus on understanding the social factors, life history, and everyday circumstances that participants related to their current patterns and levels of crack use. Implications for intervention are discussed...

..Because Ecstasy is commonly used among small groups of friends, peer leader or other social network intervention approaches may be promising...

..Findings support the development of peer-oriented, network strategies to reach ecstasy users with prevention messages. Efforts to make prevention web sites more attractive should be considered...

..Incorporating assessments of physical problems as well as a mechanism for their treatment into the regimen of drug abuse treatment programs should be considered...

..The severity associated with motivation at treatment entry was, for the most part, not related to clients' success six months later. Implications for social work practice with substance abusers are discussed...

..Local survey data can inform local policy and programs. These findings have practical implications for policymakers, program developers, and school districts in other areas of the country...

..Treatment programs should routinely screen crack-cocaine users for depression. The BDI may be a suitable tool for such efforts since it has an acceptable level of internal consistency when employed with crack users (a = 0.89)...

..06-1.99), and higher Addiction Severity Index composite medical scores (OR=1.62, 95%CI=1.15-2.29) increased the odds of an ED visit. Factors in addition to drug use are likely to affect ED utilization rates among crack-cocaine smokers...

..CONCLUSIONS: Stimulant drug users in rural Ohio are involved with a range of substances and hold health beliefs that may impede health services utilization...

..They suggest that professional treatment providers should investigate the potential benefits of improving outreach efforts to assist African-American ministers engaged in drug abuse issues...

..The Antiretroviral Treatment Access Study (ARTAS) assessed a case management intervention to improve linkage to care for persons recently receiving an HIV diagnosis...

..Finally, the data provided by this study will help policy makers plan prevention activities and develop a treatment response for drug abusers in rural areas. ..

..The study's parallel qualitative/ethnographic aims will describe how the processes of linkage and engagement occur at the individual level. ..

..Structural equation modeling (SEM) will be used for analyses involving latent variables, including the perceived need for health services. ..

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