Prevalence and diagnostic reliability of methadone maintenance detoxification fear.
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Milby, JB; Gurwitch, RH; Wiebe, DJ; Ling, W; McLellan, AT; Woody, GE
Published in: Am J Psychiatry
June 1986
The authors identified a pathological fear of methadone detoxification in 22%, 25%, and 32% of random samples of patients in three disparate methadone maintenance programs. Patients with a pathological fear of detoxification had higher scores on the Detoxification Fear Survey Schedule, had longer histories of addiction, had been addicted for a larger percent of their life spans, and were older than patients without this fear. A greater proportion of the female patients had this fear, and a greater proportion of the patients with this fear had drug-free urinalyses. The authors recommend the use of the Detoxification Fear Survey Schedule as well as intervention to help rehabilitated opioid addicts initiate and complete detoxification.
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Am J Psychiatry
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ISSN
0002-953X
Publication Date
June 1986
Volume
143
Issue
6
Start / End Page
739 / 743
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
- Psychiatry
- Opioid-Related Disorders
- Middle Aged
- Methadone
- Male
- Humans
- Female
- Fear
- Adult
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Milby, J. B., Gurwitch, R. H., Wiebe, D. J., Ling, W., McLellan, A. T., & Woody, G. E. (1986). Prevalence and diagnostic reliability of methadone maintenance detoxification fear. Am J Psychiatry, 143(6), 739–743. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.6.739
Milby, J. B., R. H. Gurwitch, D. J. Wiebe, W. Ling, A. T. McLellan, and G. E. Woody. “Prevalence and diagnostic reliability of methadone maintenance detoxification fear.” Am J Psychiatry 143, no. 6 (June 1986): 739–43. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.6.739.
Milby JB, Gurwitch RH, Wiebe DJ, Ling W, McLellan AT, Woody GE. Prevalence and diagnostic reliability of methadone maintenance detoxification fear. Am J Psychiatry. 1986 Jun;143(6):739–43.
Milby, J. B., et al. “Prevalence and diagnostic reliability of methadone maintenance detoxification fear.” Am J Psychiatry, vol. 143, no. 6, June 1986, pp. 739–43. Pubmed, doi:10.1176/ajp.143.6.739.
Milby JB, Gurwitch RH, Wiebe DJ, Ling W, McLellan AT, Woody GE. Prevalence and diagnostic reliability of methadone maintenance detoxification fear. Am J Psychiatry. 1986 Jun;143(6):739–743.
Published In
Am J Psychiatry
DOI
ISSN
0002-953X
Publication Date
June 1986
Volume
143
Issue
6
Start / End Page
739 / 743
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
- Psychiatry
- Opioid-Related Disorders
- Middle Aged
- Methadone
- Male
- Humans
- Female
- Fear
- Adult