Survey of a Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program
MARVIN E. PERKINS M.D.1, and
HARRIET I. BLOCH M.A.2
1 Professor of psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and director of psychiatry, the Morris J. Bernstein Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, 10 Nathan D. Perlman Pl., New York, N. Y. 10003
2 Program analyst, department of psychiatry, Beth Israel Medical Center
Four interrelated studies of heroin addicts applying to a methadone maintenance program elicited data on the "typical" patient admitted to the program, a comparison between addicts who were admitted and those who were not accepted to it, and variables associated with discharge from the program as well as those associated with continued drug use. The authors feel the results may aid in refining selection criteria for this kind of program.
