Utility of Computer Interpretive Reports Based on Counselors' Ratings of the Diagnostic Inventory of Personality and Symptoms

1993 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 347-350
Author(s):  
James W. Siddall ◽  
Nancy J. Keogh
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Clinical Utility ◽  
Substance Abusers ◽  
Chemical Dependency ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Treatment Center ◽  
Substance Abuse Scales ◽  
Cost Effective Alternative ◽  
Drug Treatment Center

The accuracy and clinical utility of computerized interpretive reports for the Diagnostic Inventory of Personality and Symptoms were explored for 540 clients of a drug treatment center. The modal profile for substance abusers was identified and the accuracy of the substance abuse scales was assessed. 9 chemical dependency counselors rated the computer reports for usefulness and compared these retrospectively with similar reports based on the MMPI and Millon's MCMI. The results suggested the Diagnostic Inventory of Personality and Symptoms accurately identifies substance abusers, provides useful information for treatment, and offers a cost-effective alternative to the MMPI and MCMI.

Patients’ economic considerations of treatment for methamphetamine and opiate use at an innovative drug treatment center in Malaysia

2015 ◽  
Vol 146 ◽  
pp. e232
Author(s):  
Shan-Estelle Brown ◽  
Archana Krishnan ◽  
Mansur Ghani ◽  
Farrah Khan ◽  
Adeeba Kamarulzaman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Treatment Center ◽  
Innovative Drug ◽  
Opiate Use ◽  
Drug Treatment Center ◽  
Economic Considerations

scholarly journals Feasibility and clinical utility of handheld fundus cameras for retinal imaging

Eye ◽  
2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susmit Das ◽  
Helen J. Kuht ◽  
Ian De Silva ◽  
Sundeep S. Deol ◽  
Lina Osman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Quality ◽  
Clinical Utility ◽  
Image Acquisition ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Fundus Photography ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Clinical Scenarios ◽  
Quality Image ◽  
Cost Effective Alternative ◽  
Healthy Participants

Abstract Background/objectives Handheld fundus cameras are portable and cheaper alternatives to table-top counterparts. To date there have been no studies comparing feasibility and clinical utility of handheld fundus cameras to table-top devices. We compare the feasibility and clinical utility of four handheld fundus cameras (Remidio NMFOP, Volk Pictor Plus, Volk iNview, oDocs visoScope) to a table-top camera (Zeiss VisucamNM/FA). Subjects/methods Healthy participants (n = 10, mean age ± SD = 21.0 ± 0.9 years) underwent fundus photography with five fundus cameras to assess success/failure rates of image acquisition. Participants with optic disc abnormalities (n = 8, mean age ± SD = 26.8 ± 15.9) and macular abnormalities (n = 10, mean age ± SD = 71.6 ± 15.4) underwent imaging with the top three scoring fundus cameras. Images were randomised and subsequently validated by ophthalmologists masked to the diagnoses and devices used. Results Image acquisition success rates (100%) were achieved in non-mydriatic and mydriatic settings for Zeiss, Remidio and Pictor, compared with lower success rates for iNview and oDocs. Image quality and gradeability were significantly higher for Zeiss, Remidio and Pictor (p < 0.0001) compared to iNview and oDocs. For cup:disc ratio estimates, similar levels of bias were seen for Zeiss (−0.09 ± SD:0.15), Remidio (−0.07 ± SD:0.14) and Pictor (−0.05 ± SD:0.16). Diagnostic sensitivities were highest for Zeiss (84.9%; 95% CI, 78.2–91.5%) followed by Pictor (78.1%; 95% CI, 66.6–89.5%) and Remidio (77.5%; 95% CI, 65.9–89.0%). Conclusions Remidio and Pictor achieve comparable results to the Zeiss table-top camera. Both devices achieved similar scores in feasibility, image quality, image gradeability and diagnostic sensitivity. This suggests that these devices potentially offer a more cost-effective alternative in certain clinical scenarios.

Barriers to Cooperation between Domestic-Violence and Substance-Abuse Programs

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 277-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry Bennett ◽  
Marie Lawson
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Substance Abusers ◽  
Chemical Dependency ◽  
Chemical Dependence ◽  
Interagency Cooperation ◽  
Substance Abuse Programs

Staff and administrators drawn from a statewide random sample of 74 chemical-dependency and domestic-violence programs completed a questionnaire on linkage, referral, impairments to interagency cooperation, and beliefs about cross-problem incidence. Survey participants estimated that 46% of the male substance abusers currently in their care were batterers, 60% of the female substance abusers were victims, and 42% of the women now in domestic violence programs were substance abusers. Four of five survey participants believed that these clients would benefit from increased cooperation between chemical-dependence and domestic-violence programs. Implications of these findings are discussed.

The Correctional Opportunity: Pathways to Drug Treatment for Offenders

1994 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 331-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas S. Lipton
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Substance Abusers ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Drug Abuse Treatment ◽  
Criminal Histories ◽  
The Right ◽  
Abuse Treatment ◽  
Program Components

The incarceration of persons found guilty of various crimes who are also chronic substance abusers presents an important opportunity for treatment. It is an important opportunity because they would be unlikely to seek treatment on their own, without treatment they are very apt to continue their drug use and criminality after release, and cost effective drug abuse treatment methods are now available to treat them while in custody (both during incarceration and aftercare) and significantly alter their lifestyles. Correctional authorities should now feel optimistic that chronic heroin and cocaine users with predatory criminal histories can be treated effectively. This article shares the success of the Stay'n Out and Cornerstone Programs that have been successful with serious drug abusing offenders, and the factors that make for success. It is the proper program components joined by thoughtful leadership in the right setting. These principles are generalizable and transferable to many locations.

Youth self-construction processes in a drug treatment center on the periphery of Mexico City

2021 ◽  
pp. 37-53
Author(s):  
Julie-Anne Boudreau
Keyword(s):  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Mexico City ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Treatment Center ◽  
Institutional Discourse ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Drug Treatment Center ◽  
The Relationship

In this paper, I reflect on the various forms of masculinity narrated by young women and men participating in non-mixed workshops in a peripheral evangelical drug treatment center in Mexico City, and how these masculinities are perpetrated by the institutions central to their lives. Through the collective space of the workshops, youths expressed a subjective experience of conflict filled with shame and the feeling of vulnerability, expressions that are differentiated by gender roles: that is, what is considered feminine and masculine and shapes the relationship between men and women. This creates and conditions forms of behaviour (for example, the use of violence and docility); priorities which affects their expectations and dreams - whether the search for status or motherhood; and, access to specific social positions (within or outside the institutions). Youths contrasted the experience of being locked up in a drug treatment center with the liberty they experienced on the street; they described their bodies before and after the treatment and following the institutional discourse, they qualify themselves as "sick" because of their addiction. Yet, their drawings and narratives also express self-construction projects and dreams free of violence, where they describe themselves as being supported by a network of care which includes God, kinship figures, and institutional role models.

Drug Treatment and Electronically Monitored Home Confinement: An Evaluation of a Community-Based Sentencing Option

1992 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette Jolin ◽  
Brian Stipak
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Criminal Behavior ◽  
Electronic Monitoring ◽  
Substance Abusers ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Community Based ◽  
House Arrest ◽  
Working Community ◽  
Combine Drug

The Intensive Drug Program represents an important innovation in developing sentencing options for offenders with substance abuse problems. By combining mandatory treatment for substance abuse with electronically monitored house arrest the program attempts to reduce criminal behavior and drug use. Statistical analysis of recidivism data and drug test results suggests the program is working. Community-based sentencing options that combine drug treatment with electronic monitoring therefore warrant further consideration as intermediate sentencing options for substance abusers.

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