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P E Ryser

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PubMed1983

Students and drug abuse, 1974 and 1980.

The paper presents a secondary analysis of students treated in hospital emergency rooms. The comparison of data provided in 1974 and 1980 data reveals a significant increase in the abuse of alcohol with drugs, methaqualone and marijuana. Fifty percent of these students ingested drugs to commit suicide or as a suicide gesture. These data suggest that school health professionals and counselors be alerted to student drug overdoses to assist students confronted with suicidal ideation.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1983

Sex differences in substance abuse: 1976-1979.

Drug abuse patterns are examined for 326,611 males and females who abused drugs and were treated at a hospital emergency room or died. The data reveal a marked percentage difference between male and female mentions of heroin, PCP, and diazepam. A significantly larger proportion of females than males indicated their motivation for drug abuse to be a suicide attempt or gesture. Diazepam, alcohol-in-combination, and aspirin are the most frequently mentioned drugs by those whose motivation is suicidal. However, the percentage difference between males and females for these three drugs is less than 6%. The data were collected during the years 1976-1979.

Alcohol Drinking↗
PubMed1978

Impact of sex on length of time spent in treatment and treatment success.

This paper examines the null hypothesis that there is no difference between male and female drug abuse clients in length of time spent in treatment and successful outcome of that treatment. The hypothesis is tested by means of multiple classification analysis on a random sample of 20,264 clients who were discharged from federally-funded drug abuse programs in 1975. Upon controlling for the effects of demographic client characteristics, treatment history, and drug usage, the authors conclude that the null hypothesis is sustained. Small differences are apparent, especially with respect to the length of time spent by clients in drug-free modality and day-care environment and in detoxification modality and hospital environment, and with respect to treatment success for clients in drug-free environment and hospital environment. However, these differences are not sufficient to warrant a rejection of the null hypothesis.

Analysis of Variance↗
PubMed1978

Effects of client characteristics on admission activity in United States federally funded drug treatment facilities.

Utilizing data from the National Institute on Drug Abuse's CODAP, this paper examines the effect of client characteristics and drug of abuse on certain admission activity variables. It generally sustains the hypotheses (1) that the demographic characteristics of clients (i.e., sex, age, race-ethnicity, and education) admitted to treatment have no effect on admission activity and (2) that type of primary drug problem (opiates, marijuana, alcohol, barbiturates, and amphetamines) at admission is strongly associated with admission activity. The implications of these data for nondiscriminatory admissions policies; for effective utilization of intake, treatment, and follow-up resources; and for training treatment agents are discussed.

Adolescent↗