Personality Correlates of Success in a Methadone Maintenance Program
Abstract
Thirty black, male heroin addicts who had been treated in a methadone maintenance clinic were interviewed to assess psychiatric diagnosis and disability and to rate manifestations of anxiety, depression and paranoia, object relatedness, and compliance. These findings were evaluated in light of each subject's success in treatment. Success correlated strongly with a high score in compliance. Successful subjects also scored high in anxiety; failures scored high in depression. The authors discuss treatment implications.
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