Post-traumatic stress disorder among inner city methadone maintenance patients

There has been little attention to the problem of violent stressors leading to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among opioid-dependent patients. In a sample of methadone maintenance patients, the prevalence of lifetime PTSD was determined to be 20% for women and 11% for men. The most common str...

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Published in:Journal of substance abuse treatment 1995-07, Vol.12 (4), p.253-257
Main Authors: Villagómez, Rosita E., Meyer, Thomas J., Lin, Melissa M., Brown, Lawrence S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Comorbidity
depression
Depressive Disorder - diagnosis
Depressive Disorder - epidemiology
Depressive Disorder - psychology
Drug abuse
Drug addiction
Female
Homicide
Homicide - psychology
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Methadone - therapeutic use
Methadone Maintenance
Middle Aged
New York City, New York
Opioid-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Opioid-Related Disorders - psychology
Opioid-Related Disorders - rehabilitation
Post traumatic stress disorder
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Rape
Rape - psychology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology
Substance abuse treatment
Urban Population
Violence - psychology
violence, rape
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Summary:There has been little attention to the problem of violent stressors leading to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among opioid-dependent patients. In a sample of methadone maintenance patients, the prevalence of lifetime PTSD was determined to be 20% for women and 11% for men. The most common stressors reported were rape for women and seeing someone hurt or killed for men. Further research with methadone patients focused on PTSD should also ascertain current rates of PTSD and determine whether special treatments for PTSD and related problems of depression and suicidal ideation are necessary.
ISSN:0740-5472
1873-6483
DOI:10.1016/0740-5472(95)00025-Z