Increased demand for amphetamine treatment in rural Australia.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:A substantial increase in substance treatment episodes for methamphetamine problems suggests characteristics of the treatment population could have changed and that targeted treatment programs are required. To determine who methamphetamine treatment should be designed for this study has two aims. First, to empirically describe changes in amphetamine treatment presentations to a rural NSW drug and alcohol treatment agency over time. Second, to examine how these characteristics may affect the likelihood of being treated for amphetamines compared to other drugs. METHOD:The Australian Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set (AODTS-NMDS) containing closed treatment episodes from a single agency from three time periods was used. Characteristics of people re

SUBMITTER: Allan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6442410 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature