title: [Replacement therapy as a method to promote social and professional re-adaptation].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this work is to assess the impact of replacement therapy on social and professional re-adaptation of people addicted to opioids.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study covered 82 patients (52 male, 30 female; mean age of 39.9 years) addicted to opioids and treated with methadone. An analysis of medical records served as a research method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participation in the methadone programme influenced taking up a job by 47.5% of addicted; improving the legal situation, i. e., reduction of the number of criminal cases for 42.7% of addicted; and the feeling of positive impact on social re-adaptation by 96.3% of addicted.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Replacement therapy with methadone fosters professional activation, reduces criminality and gives a feeling of social re-adaptation for people addicted to opioids.
authors.affiliation: Deparment of Public Health, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rotter
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Król-Pakulska
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Radlińska
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mroczek
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grochans
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pakulski
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karakiewicz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003415:Crime / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D058850:Opiate Substitution Treatment / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012934:Social Isolation; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D008691:Methadone