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Health care professionals referred for treatment of alcohol and drug problems
M Gossop1, S Stephens, D Stewart
1National Addiction Centre, The Maudsley Hospital/Institute of Psychiatry, 4 Windsor Walk, London SE5 8AF, UK.
Alcohol and Alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
|March 22, 2001
Abstract:
This study reports on 62 health care professionals referred to a specialist drug and alcohol treatment service. Most patients used more than one type of substance. Health problems were common, but were seldom reasons for referral. Self-referral was infrequent. Referral was often subsequent to intoxication at work or persistent absenteeism. Just over half of admissions completed treatment. Multiple drug use was a poor prognostic indicator with fewer multiple drug users engaging with, or completing, treatment.