Admissions with Five or More Prior Episodes: 2005. The DASIS Report

摘要

Substance abuse treatment clients with five or more prior treatment episodes were more likely than first-time admissions to report opiates as the primary substance of abuse (37 vs. 11 percent), while first-time admissions were more likely to report marijuana (22 vs. 5 percent) or stimulants (12 vs. 4 percent). About 61 percent of admissions with five or more prior treatment episodes reported daily use compared to 33 percent of first-time admissions. Nearly one quarter of admissions with five or more prior treatment episodes were homeless (24 percent) in contrast to less than one tenth of first-time admissions. (8 percent).