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JOURNAL OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
Volume 35, Issue 4, Pages 445-450Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2007.12.004
Keywords
Methamphetamine; Comorbidity; Psychosis; Treatment outcome
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- PHS HHS [270-01-7089] Funding Source: Medline
- CSAT SAMHSA HHS [TI 11425-01, TI 11411-01, TI 11484-01, TI 11427-01, TI 11410-01, TI 11443-01, TI 11441-01, TI 11440-01] Funding Source: Medline
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Little is known about the association between psychosis and treatment Outcomes in methamphetamine (MA) users. Using data from 526 adults in the largest psychosocial clinical trial of MA users conducted to (late, this study examined psychiatric, substance use, and functional outcomes of MA users With concomitant psychotic illness 3 years after treatment. The presence of a psychotic disorder was associated with increased health service utilization and higher levels of psychiatric symptomatology across multiple domains over time. MA users with co-occurring psychotic illness may therefore benefit front early psychosocial and/or pharmacologic interventions to address psychiatric symptoms. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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