Background Retention in opioid substitution (OST) treatment is associated with substantial
reductions in all cause and overdose mortality. This systematic review aims to identify both …

This study sought to determine whether select pretreatment demographic and in-treatment
clinical variables predict premature treatment discharge at 6 and 12 months among patients …

Background Polydrug abuse is a known problem among opioid-dependent patients
receiving opioid maintenance treatment (OMT). However, improved laboratory diagnostics is …

Scand J Caring Sci; 2013; 27; 13–19 Changes in sense of coherence in old age–a 5‐year
follow‐up of the Umeå 85+ study Objective: This study aims to describe the changes in …

The current study employs a new concept–community sense of coherence (CSOC)–that
measures youth's perceptions of their own community and its potential as a source for …

This study investigated the role of psychological variables and judicial problems in treatment
retention for a low-threshold methadone program in Montreal, Canada. Logistic regression …

Objective: We analyzed a 6-year methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) retention rate in
8 MMT clinics in Xi'an and the factors that influenced the retention rate. Methods: We …

Understanding why some people experience problems with gambling whilst others are able
to restrict gambling to recreational levels is still largely unexplained. One potential …

Background: Although drug abuse has been a serious public health concern, there have
been problems with implementation of treatment for drug users in Japan because of poor …

Background Recovery from substance use disorders without treatment has long been of
interest to researchers and practitioners. The aim of the study was to examine the role of …