Post-traumatic stress disorder among inner city methadone maintenance patients

There has been little attention to the problem of violent stressors leading to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among opioid-dependent patients. In a sample of methadone maintenance patients, the prevalence of lifetime PTSD was determined to be 20% for women and 11% for men. The most common str...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of substance abuse treatment 1995-07, Vol.12 (4), p.253-257
Hauptverfasser:	Villagómez, Rosita E., Meyer, Thomas J., Lin, Melissa M., Brown, Lawrence S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Addictive behaviors Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Biological and medical sciences Comorbidity depression Depressive Disorder - diagnosis Depressive Disorder - epidemiology Depressive Disorder - psychology Drug abuse Drug addiction Female Homicide Homicide - psychology Humans Male Medical sciences Methadone - therapeutic use Methadone Maintenance Middle Aged New York City, New York Opioid-Related Disorders - epidemiology Opioid-Related Disorders - psychology Opioid-Related Disorders - rehabilitation Post traumatic stress disorder Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Rape Rape - psychology Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology Substance abuse treatment Urban Population Violence - psychology violence, rape
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Zusammenfassung:	There has been little attention to the problem of violent stressors leading to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among opioid-dependent patients. In a sample of methadone maintenance patients, the prevalence of lifetime PTSD was determined to be 20% for women and 11% for men. The most common stressors reported were rape for women and seeing someone hurt or killed for men. Further research with methadone patients focused on PTSD should also ascertain current rates of PTSD and determine whether special treatments for PTSD and related problems of depression and suicidal ideation are necessary.
ISSN:	0740-5472 1873-6483
DOI:	10.1016/0740-5472(95)00025-Z