title: Perceiving need for drug treatment: a look at eight hypotheses.
abstract: Data from the Drug Use Forecasting Program, sponsored by the National Institute of Justice, were used to examine eight hypotheses predicting the perceived need for drug treatment among drug-using arrestees. The findings support five of the eight hypotheses, including those related to drug severity, drug type, prior treatment experience, ethnicity, and the fear of AIDS. There was no support for the gender-related help-seeking or the social isolation hypotheses, and the findings contradict the maturing out hypothesis. The policy implications of our findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Drug Abuse Research Center 90024.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fiorentine
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Anglin
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology / Q000635:transmission; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs