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What's New
New
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Michael S. Gordon, D.P.A. |
FRI is pleased to announce that
Michael S. Gordon, D.P.A., recently published an article
in the prestigious journal Addiction with introductory
commentary by Dr. Charles P. O'Brien, of the University of
Pennsylvania. This study
examined the effectiveness of methadone maintenance
initiated prior to or just after release from prison at 6
months post-release. Key findings indicated that counseling
+ methadone participants were significantly more likely than
both counseling only and counseling + transfer participants
to be retained in drug abuse treatment and significantly less
likely to have an opioid-positive urine specimen compared to
counseling only. Furthermore, counseling + methadone
participants reported significantly fewer days of involvement
in self-reported heroin use and criminal activity than
counseling only participants. Thus, methadone maintenance
initiated prior to or immediately after release from prison,
increases treatment entry and reduces heroin use at 6 months
post-release compared to counseling only.
FRI congratulates Dr. Gordon and his co-authors,
Timothy W. Kinlock,
Ph.D., Robert
P. Schwartz, M.D., &
Kevin E. O’Grady, Ph.D.
for this important contribution to the literature. This intervention may be able to fill an urgent treatment need for
prisoners with heroin addiction histories.
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Sharon M. Kelly, Ph.D.
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FRI is pleased to announce that
Sharon M. Kelly, Ph.D., recently published an article in the
American Journal on Drug and Alcohol Abuse.
This study examined gender differences among 355 in and
out-of-treatment opioid-addicted adults in Baltimore. Addiction
Severity Index (ASI) composites and other variables were compared
among three groups: 1) women: in-treatment v.
out-of-treatment 2) out-of-treatment: women v. men; and,
3) in-treatment: women v. men. Key findings indicated
that both in-treatment and out-of-treatment women worked less and
used more cocaine than their male counterparts in the past 30
days. Moreover, out-of-treatment women used heroin and cocaine
more often, spent more money on drugs, earned more illegal
income, and had fewer treatments than in-treatment women. These
findings indicate the greater severity of drug and employment
problems of female opioid addicts and underline the need for
gender-sensitive and gender-specific drug-treatment services.
FRI congratulates Dr. Kelly and her co-authors,
Robert P.
Schwartz, M.D.,
Kevin E. O’Grady, Ph.D.,
Shannon Gwin Mitchell,
Ph.D., Heather Schacht Reisinger, Ph.D.,
James A. Peterson, Ed.D.,
Michael H. Agar, Ph.D., &
Barry S. Brown, Ph.D.
for this important contribution to the
literature.
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