title: A follow-up study of 300 ex-clients of a drug-free narcotic treatment program in New York City.
abstract: This article deals with an attempt at evaluating the success of a drug-free narcotic treatment program in New York City through a follow-up study of 300 ex-clients of the program. Two hundred ex-clients out of the 300 target population were actually interviewed. The number of months the clients had remained in the treatment program was found to be a key factor in the outcome of the program. The length of time in the program was itself highly dependent upon the client's background: the higher the pretreatment pathology the lower the chance of treatment success.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003415:Crime; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009519:New York City; D012008:Recurrence; D012306:Risk; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013997:Time Factors