[Tolerated and forbidden addictive drugs: various effects on the management of adolescent drug dependent patients].
Of the 168 drug addicts admitted to the Zurich University Psychiatric Clinic between 1973 and 1979, 137 were followed up after an average period of five years, 40 of them dependent on legally tolerated drugs, 97 on prohibited drugs. The two groups were compared in terms of medical and social care, tutelary measures and arrests. Whereas the two groups were comparable as regards emergency inpatient treatment in general hospitals and psychiatric clinics, outpatient care was much more common among illegal-drug addicts. The men in this group were also hospitalized significantly more frequently and for longer periods in special therapeutic clinics. Surprisingly, there was no difference between the groups as regards the percentage of men imprisoned, whereas women dependent on illegal drugs were arrested more often than women dependent on legal drugs. Tutelary measures were significantly more frequent with legal drug addicts. These data suggest that those dependent on legal drugs, particularly young men, still receive insufficient treatment and that social consequences of addiction to legal drugs are underestimated.
Arztliche Direktion Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Zürich.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013557:Switzerland
D013287:Illicit Drugs; D008691:Methadone
Tolerierte und verbotene Suchtmittel: Unterschiedliche Einflüsse auf die Betreuung jugendlicher Abhängiger.