Cumulative versus Stabilizing Effects of Methadone Maintenance: A Quasi-Experimental Study Using Longitudinal Self-Report Data.

Powers, Keiko Ichikawa; Anglin, M. Douglas

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ERIC Number: EJ467966

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Publication Date: 1993

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Cumulative versus Stabilizing Effects of Methadone Maintenance: A Quasi-Experimental Study Using Longitudinal Self-Report Data.

Powers, Keiko Ichikawa; Anglin, M. Douglas

Evaluation Review, v17 n3 p243-70 Jun 1993

Whether methadone maintenance treatment demonstrates cumulative (rehabilitative) or stabilizing effects on behavior of narcotics addicts over multiple treatment episodes was studied involving 993 addicts in a quasi-experimental design. Observed behavioral changes and longitudinal self-reports indicate stabilizing, but not cumulative, effects. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adults, Analysis of Variance, Behavior Patterns, Crime, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation, Employment Patterns, Graphs, Longitudinal Studies, Narcotics, Patients, Program Effectiveness, Quasiexperimental Design, Research Methodology

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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