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DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE
Volume 97, Issue 1-2, Pages 190-194Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.04.012
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cocaine dependence; psychopathology; gender; treatment
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- NIDA NIH HHS [U01 DA007693-07] Funding Source: Medline
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Aims: This study examined gender differences among treatment-seeking cocaine-dependent outpatients (e.g., on demographics, psychopathology, and substance abuse). Participants: Participants were 2376 adults with cocaine dependence entering a multisite randomized controlled trial of psychosocial therapies. Findings: Women, compared to men, had less severe lifetime substance use problems but a higher pattern of psychiatric. medical, social/family, and employment problems: they also had more positive expectations and opinions about treatment. Conclusions: Women tray be willing to engage in treatment but (nay have challenging economic and psychosocial concerns over and above their addiction. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
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