Document 0321
 DOCN  M9460321
 TI    Drug use, HIV risk-taking and psychosocial correlates of benzodiazepine
       use among methadone maintenance clients.
 DT    9408
 AU    Drake S; Swift W; Hall W; Ross M; National Drug and Alcohol Research
       Centre, University of New; South Wales, Kensington, Australia.
 SO    Drug Alcohol Depend. 1993 Dec;34(1):67-70. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94228976
 AB    Methadone maintenance clients who used benzodiazepines were compared
       with other methadone maintenance clients on a range of drug use and
       psychosocial treatment outcome measures. Despite being on higher
       methadone doses, benzodiazepine users were more likely to have  recently
       injected, to have used cocaine and amphetamines, to have borrowed or
       lent used needles and syringes, and to have reported polydrug use in the
       preceding month. Benzodiazepine users also exhibited higher levels of
       psychopathology and social dysfunction than other methadone maintenance
       clients. It is concluded that benzodiazepine-using methadone maintenance
       clients are a dysfunctional subgroup of the methadone population, who
       may require more clinical intervention than other clients.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  *Benzodiazepine Tranquilizers  Depressive
       Disorder/DIAGNOSIS/PSYCHOLOGY  Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)  Female
       Heroin Dependence/PSYCHOLOGY/*REHABILITATION  Human  HIV
       Infections/PREVENTION & CONTROL/PSYCHOLOGY/*TRANSMISSION  Life Style
       Male  Methadone/*THERAPEUTIC USE  Middle Age  Needle Sharing/ADVERSE
       EFFECTS/*PSYCHOLOGY  Personality Inventory  *Risk-Taking  Substance
       Dependence/*PSYCHOLOGY/REHABILITATION  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE

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