Hi
On the wholesaling principle I am writing to list members for information on
three areas - any information gratefully received:
1. Maturing Out - I am aware of work by people like Winick and Robins
showing evidence of "natural remission" in late thirties, early forties but
this stuff is now quite old. Is anyone aware of more recent studies and is
there anything out there about the impact of long-term substitute
prescribing on this phenomenon?
2. Client Satisfaction - I can find 2 client satisfaction questionnaires in
the EMCDDA database (the CSQ-8 and the Texas Christian University Evaluation
of Self and Treatment) but both appear pretty basic. Has anybody out there
got a good instrument for analysing client satisfaction with drug/alcohol
services (or any other kind of service I suppose).
3. Drug Testing - can anybody point me in the right direction for
information about the relative efficacy of the different testing/screening
methods - hair, saliva swabs, urine etc. I'm particularly interested in
accuracy and timespan.
Sorry this is a bundle of requests but at least it's not Friday!
Best Wishes
Rowdy Yates
Senior Lecturer in Addiction Studies
Scottish Addiction Studies
Dept. of Applied Social Science
University of Stirling
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