title: An evaluation of detoxification as an initial step in the treatment of heroin addiction.
abstract: Of 802 voluntary patients admitted to the detoxification unit of a comprehensive treatment system, 69% completed detoxification but only 9.6% of thest patients sought long-term treatment. The demographic profile of detoxification patients differed somewhat from that of patients in long-term treatment. The authors suggest that new approaches, including legal pressure, are needed to induce detoxification patients to accept prolonged therapy.
mesh_terms: D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008658:Inactivation, Metabolic