Swiss heroin-addicted females

In a sample group of 248 Swiss-German heroin-addicted individuals from different therapeutic programs and prisons, 70 were women. Men and women appear to differ with respect to why they begin to use drugs, as well as why they relapse back into drug use. On the basis of background data, it is postula...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of substance abuse treatment 1992-04, Vol.9 (2), p.159-170
Hauptverfasser:	Zimmer-Höfler, Dagmar, Dobler-Mikola, Anja
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Drug abuse Heroin Social research Substance abuse treatment Women
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Zusammenfassung:	In a sample group of 248 Swiss-German heroin-addicted individuals from different therapeutic programs and prisons, 70 were women. Men and women appear to differ with respect to why they begin to use drugs, as well as why they relapse back into drug use. On the basis of background data, it is postulated that for an individual whose sex-role identity is threatened, drug abuse has a stabilizing function.
ISSN:	0740-5472 1873-6483
DOI:	10.1016/0740-5472(92)90086-4