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Heroin-assisted treatment in the Netherlands: History, findings, and international context
- Source :
- European neuropsychopharmacology, 20(Suppl. 2), S105-S158. Elsevier
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- This monograph describes the history, findings and international context of heroin-assisted treatment (HAT) in the Netherlands. The monograph consists of (1) a short introduction and seven paragraphs describing the following aspects of HAT in the Netherlands: (2) history of HAT studies and implementation of routine HAT in the Netherlands; (3) main findings on efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness from the two randomized controlled HAT trials in the Netherland; (4) new findings from a large cohort study on the effectiveness of HAT in routine clinical practice in the Netherlands; (5) unique data on the patients perspective of HAT; (6) data on the pharmacological and pharmaceutical basis for HAT in the Netherlands; (7) description of the registration process; and (8) account of the international context of HAT. Together, these data show that HAT can now be considered a safe and proven-effective intervention for the treatment of chronic, treatment-resistant heroin dependent patients. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. and ECNP. All rights reserved
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Narcotics
medicine.medical_specialty
Time Factors
animal diseases
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Treatment outcome
Alternative medicine
MEDLINE
Context (language use)
Pharmacology
environment and public health
Drug Prescriptions
History, 21st Century
parasitic diseases
medicine
Humans
Pharmacology (medical)
Routine clinical practice
Biological Psychiatry
Netherlands
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
business.industry
Heroin Dependence
History, 20th Century
Large cohort
Heroin
Psychiatry and Mental health
enzymes and coenzymes (carbohydrates)
Treatment Outcome
Neurology
Heroin-assisted treatment
Family medicine
embryonic structures
Quality of Life
Female
Neurology (clinical)
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18737862 and 0924977X
- Volume :
- 20
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....33ed4fe1d73cf442191589695d90ca13