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The Effectiveness of Methadone Maintenance Treatment

Patients, Programs, Services, and Outcome

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Authors:
  1. John C. Ball

    1. National Institute on Drug Abuse-Addiction Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

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  2. Alan Ross

    1. Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene, Baltimore, USA

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Status of Methadone Maintenance Treatment and Research in the United States

    • John C. Ball, Alan Ross
    Pages 1-14
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  3. Research Plan and Data Collection Procedure at the Programs

    • John C. Ball, Alan Ross
    Pages 15-37
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  4. Pretreatment Characteristics of 617 Male Methadone Maintenance Patients

    • John C. Ball, Alan Ross
    Pages 38-53
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  5. Candid Descriptions of the Six Programs

    • John C. Ball, Alan Ross
    Pages 54-103
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  6. Treatment Domain

    • John C. Ball, Alan Ross
    Pages 104-123
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  7. Treatment and Rehabilitation Provided to Patients at the Six Programs in 1985 & 1986

    • John C. Ball, Alan Ross
    Pages 124-159
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  8. Reduction in Drug Abuse During Methadone Maintenance Treatment

    • John C. Ball, Alan Ross
    Pages 160-175
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  9. Follow-up Study of 105 Patients Who Left Treatment

    • John C. Ball, Alan Ross
    Pages 176-187
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  10. Prevalence and Change in Psychiatric Symptomatology Among Methadone Maintenance Patients

    • John C. Ball, Alan Ross
    Pages 188-194
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  11. Reduction of Crime Through Methadone Maintenance Treatment

    • John C. Ball, Alan Ross
    Pages 195-211
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  12. Treatment Success: Association With Patient Baseline, Program Elements, and In-treatment Process

    • John C. Ball, Alan Ross
    Pages 212-232
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  13. Summation of Findings and Conclusion

    • John C. Ball, Alan Ross
    Pages 233-244
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  14. Back Matter

    Pages 245-283
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About this book

Legislators, journalists and concerned citizens in general, when consider­ ing what to do about the plague of heroin addiction in large cities, ask an obvious question: "Is methadone treatment effective?" This question is a critical one since maintenance with methadone is at present the only prac­ tical alternative to leaving tens of thousands (in New York City, hundreds of thousands) of untreated addicts on the streets. Other treatments, although effective for limited groups, could not conceivably be expanded to stop heroin use in as much as 10% of the addicted population. The present study, sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, was undertaken to provide an authoritative answer to this question. Under the direction of a distinguished expert, the evaluation team made an inten­ sive examination of techniques and outcomes in six different methadone programs located in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and followed this by two yhears of data analysis and literature review. The present re­ port is the product of this work. The primary conclusion-namely that methadone treatment is substan­ tially effective in reducing heroin use and associated criminal behavior-is consistent with the findings of several previous independent evaluations.

Authors and Affiliations

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse-Addiction Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

    John C. Ball

  • Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene, Baltimore, USA

    Alan Ross

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Effectiveness of Methadone Maintenance Treatment

  • Book Subtitle: Patients, Programs, Services, and Outcome

  • Authors: John C. Ball, Alan Ross

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9089-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-9091-6Published: 10 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-9089-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 283

  • Topics: Psychiatry, Pharmacology/Toxicology

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