Document 0025
 DOCN  M9460025
 TI    [2 days of drug dependence consultation in Portugal]
 DT    9404
 AU    da Costa NF; Servico de Profilaxia e Tratamento de Toxicodependencias,;
       Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa.
 SO    Acta Med Port. 1993 Nov;6(11):507-16. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94189300
 AB    This paper reports the results of a survey of all State outpatient
       clinics for drug addiction in Portugal. Two consecutive days of
       consultations in November 1992 were considered. The Health Ministry's
       SPTT--Service for Drug Addiction Prevention and Treatment--coordinates
       the activity of all the centres and promoted the inquiry. The main
       objective was to simultaneously evaluate the state of the population
       under treatment in what concerns the therapeutic methods used, their
       clinical costs and efficacy. This methodology may allow us to draw an
       accurate portrait of the Portuguese drug addiction public health
       program. We received 535 answers which we estimate to be two thirds of
       the consultations. Heroin abuse is the main problem in 91.3% of all
       cases plus 3.9% that associate heroin and cocaine abuse. Cannabis comes
       next with 2.1%, alcohol abuse with 0.8% and benzodiazepines with 0.5%.
       In what concerns the clinical results, 60% were abstinent: 15.1% were
       abstinent for longer than six months, 9.9% for longer than three months
       but less than six months, 19.8% were abstinent for less than that but
       longer than a month and 14.5% for longer than a week but less than a
       month. The main therapeutic approaches were psychotherapeutic in 54.1%,
       psychopharmacologic in 42.1% and socio-therapeutic in 2.3% of the cases.
       The author presents further data and discusses the results and their
       clinical implications.
 DE    English Abstract  Hepatitis, Viral, Human/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Human  HIV
       Seropositivity/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Portugal/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Questionnaires
       Referral and Consultation/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA/*UTILIZATION
       Socioeconomic Factors  Substance Abuse/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/THERAPY  Substance
       Abuse Treatment Centers/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA/  UTILIZATION  Substance
       Dependence/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/THERAPY  Substance Withdrawal
       Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY/THERAPY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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