[Frequency of re-incarcerations in the same detention center: role of substitution therapy. A preliminary retrospective analysis].
A retrospective study was carried out using 3 606 medical files of nine detention centers in France, over a three-month period (May to July 1997). The files were analyzed to determine, age, type of addiction and subsequent type of therapy proposed: methadone, high-dose buprenorphine or abstinence. A comparison was then made to determine whether or not there exists a statistical relationship between the type of therapy given in prison for drug abuse and subsequent recurrent use during the following three and a half years, until December 2000.
Levasseur
Ludovic
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Réseau d'Etude sur les Conduites Addictives et les Médicaments de Substitution, Maison d'Arrêt de la Seine-Saint-Denis, avenue Vauban, 93422 Villepinte Cedex, France.
Marzo
Jean-Noël
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Ross
Neil
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Blatier
Catherine
C
D000328:Adult; D002047:Buprenorphine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011329:Prisoners; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D002047:Buprenorphine; D008691:Methadone