scholarly journals Psychosis and recreational use of MDMA (“Ecstasy”)

1993 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 162-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eamon Keenan ◽  
Maurice Gervin ◽  
Arthur Dorman ◽  
John J O'Connor
Keyword(s):  
Drug Treatment ◽  
National Drug ◽  
Treatment Centre ◽  
Recreational Use ◽  
Paranoid Psychosis ◽  
Chronic Psychosis

AbstractA seventeen year old man attended the National Drug Treatment Centre with a paranoid psychosis following ingestion of Methylene dioxy methamphetamine (MDMA). He had been taking MDMA on a recreational basis over a five month period. Although chronic psychosis after heavy use of MDMA has been reported there are no pervious reports of psychosis following recreational use. This report highlights the psychological dangers of this drug, which has become widely misused in Dublin over the last two years.

scholarly journals An audit of the cervical screening programme in the National Drug Treatment Centre (NDTC)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maeve Haran ◽  
John R. Kelly ◽  
Liam Kennedy ◽  
Kieran Hennigan ◽  
Huma Farid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Screening Programme ◽  
Cervical Screening ◽  
National Drug ◽  
Treatment Centre

scholarly journals Anthrax Infection Among Heroin Users in Scotland During 2009-2010: A Case-Control Study by Linkage to a National Drug Treatment Database

2012 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 706-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. E. Palmateer ◽  
C. N. Ramsay ◽  
L. Browning ◽  
D. J. Goldberg ◽  
S. J. Hutchinson
Keyword(s):  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Heroin Users ◽  
National Drug ◽  
Anthrax Infection ◽  
Control Study

scholarly journals Prison-based drug treatment in Finland: History, shifts in policy making and current status

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 575-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jouni Tourunen ◽  
Antti Weckroth ◽  
Teemu Kaskela
Keyword(s):  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Harm Reduction ◽  
Criminal Policy ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Individual Risk ◽  
Rehabilitative Treatment ◽  
National Drug ◽  
Free Environment ◽  
Abuse Treatment

Aim The article outlines, at the level of political discourse, changes in drug and criminal policy that may have influenced the penal system as a backdrop to the rise of prison-based drug treatment programmes (PBDT) in Finland. Methods and Data Our perspective is historical. The article is based on historical and political documents, scholarly research and white papers. Results The history of PBDT in Finland is characterised by an absence of drug treatment programmes until the 1980s, first initiatives at the end of the 1980s, enthusiastic programme development from the mid-1990s, and decreasing interest during recent years. Unlike the National Drug Strategy, the Prison Drug Strategy aimed at a drug-free environment (zero tolerance) and implemented harm-reduction measures only to a limited extent. Conclusion The development of PBDT represents the new way of performing treatment in prisons, with features of managerialism. PBDT is also affected by an organisational segregation of rehabilitation and medical treatment, which prevents integration of harm-reduction measures with rehabilitative treatment, and is in conflict with general aims of integrating substance abuse treatment to mental and healthcare services in Finland. In the spirit of a new kind of Penal Welfarism, the role of documented individual risk and needs assessment in defining an offender's sentence has increased.

Outpatient drug treatment centre and patterns of drug use

2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (05) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Giacomuzzi ◽  
M Ertl ◽  
M Pavlic ◽  
K Libiseller ◽  
Y Riemer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Treatment Centre ◽  
Outpatient Drug

scholarly journals An audit of violent incidents in a drug treatment centre

2000 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabina Fahy ◽  
Roy Browne ◽  
Darina Sloan ◽  
Shay Keating ◽  
John O'Connor
Keyword(s):  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
Clinical Information ◽  
Heroin Users ◽  
Retrospective Audit ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Treatment Centre ◽  
History Of ◽  
Alcohol Dependence Syndrome ◽  
Serious Injury

AbstractObjectives: The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of, and factors associated with violence in a drug treatment centre.Method: This study is a retrospective audit of all incident forms completed at an urban drug treatment centre between December 1991 and July 1996 with reference to case notes for additional clinical information on individuals involved in violent incidents.Participants included all patients attending the centre in the aforementioned time period who were involved in violent incidents. Information was obtained about the prevalence and severity of violent incidents and patient details including main drug of abuse, route of use, reason for attendance, comorbid axis 1 diagnosis, history of previous incidents and HIV status at the time of the incident.Results: One per cent of all patients were involved in violent incidents. Less than one quarter of incidents involved serious injury or assault. Most perpetrators were male intravenous heroin users on a methadone maintenance programme. Nurses and doctors were most frequently the victims of incidents. Ten per cent of patients had a history of previous incidents and almost half the perpetrators were HIV positive. A comorbid axis 1 diagnosis was found in 9% of perpetrators (n = 6), mainly alcohol dependence syndrome.

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