The British Journal of Psychiatry 151: 240-243 (1987)
© 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Referrals to a Scottish drug dependence unit. A descriptive study
MM O'Rourke and JA Taylor
Division of Psychological Medicine, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow.
The social and demographic characteristics, drug history and current levels
of drug taking, drug-related illnesses, and criminal records of a one year
cohort of attenders at the Southern General Hospital are described. The
findings are compared with those of previous studies at the same clinic;
made when methadone was prescribed for a limited period in reducing dosage
and when this policy was being replaced by one of the use opiate-free drugs
to cover withdrawal.