title: Methadone-substitution and driving ability.
abstract: A general statement about the driving ability of HIV-positive as well as HIV-negative addicts undergoing methadone-substitution treatment cannot be made with certainty. Even isolated observations are not significant; only an individually performed assessment, free of prejudice and conscientiously done is decisive. The formal assertion that addiction equals driving-inability, which is largely practised at present, is inadmissible and therefore harmful to the therapeutic efforts for rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: Innsbruck University Clinic of Psychiatry, Austria.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rössler
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Battista
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Deisenhammer
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Günther
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pohl
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Prokop
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Riemer
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D001333:Automobile Driver Examination; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016903:Drug Monitoring; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D008691:Methadone / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011581:Psychological Tests; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D008691:Methadone