.... Methods: A sample of 274 alcohol-dependent patients was recruited and assessed at baseline, 6 months after treatment initiation (end of the active intervention phase), and 18 months after treatment initiation (end of the 12-month research follow-up phase). At each assessment point, the participants...

... residential programmes and 63.2% received outpatient treatment). Diagnostic evaluation consisted of a semi-structured interview that outlined the psychopathological profile according to DSM III. Only 323 subjects were recruited and included in the follow-up study (18-36 months after the end of treatment...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Pregnancy Neonatal abstinence syndrome Neonatal Withdrawal Agonist Treatment Prospective Follow-up Methadone Buprenorphine European Addiction Research Research Report Eur Addict Res 2009;15:128 134 DOI: 10.1159/000210042...

... entered a study involving medical prescription of opiates (Projekt zur ärztlichen Verschreibung von Betäubungsmitteln; PROVE) in Switzerland between January 1994 and March 1995 (n = 366). Opiates were dispensed in eight treatment centres. A follow-up was conducted 6 years after treatment entry. Two groups...

...Brit Haver Drinking patterns, psychiatric comorbidity and personality disorders (PD) at intake and at a 2-year follow-up were studied in 120 female alcoholics early in their treatment career. At follow-up, the women had improved their drinking patterns, but their mental health still differed...

... follow-up study of a cohort of 351 patients, 76% males and 24% females, with an average age of 21.5 years (SD 4.8 years) was evaluated 1 and 3 years after the patients were taken into treatment. The treatment intake was performed in a specialized comprehensive treatment facility in Bratislava, Slovak...

...E. Ravndal; P. Vaglum Two hundred Norwegian drug abusers who consecutively applied for treatment in a therapeutic community were interviewed at intake and personally followed up on average 5 years after. Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory and Symptom Checklist-90 were used to assess the clients...