Changes in Drug Abuse Clients-1972-1978: Implications for Revised Treatment

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Abstract
Considerable anecdotal evidence at this hospital had suggested that the present population of drug abuse patients was qualitatively different from the population for which the original treatment program were designed. To assess these suspected differences, samples of drug abuse clients from 1972 and 1978 were compared in terms of pattern of abuse, previous treatments, means of support, family background, and psychological status. Significant increases in symptom severity within the 1978 sample in all comparison areas, especially psychological status, were suggested. The possibility that therapeutic approaches which were previously effective may no longer be meeting the more extensive needs of the current population was considered.

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