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Treatment programs now offering fewer services for drug abusing clients. (includes editor comment)(adapted from the Journal of Substance Abuse, 7:9-26, 1995)

The Brown University Digest of Addiction Theory and Application

| October 01, 1995 | Mueller, Timothy I. | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Substance abusers are receiving fewer services, and have more unmet treatment needs today than 10 years ago, according to an article published in a recent issue of the Journal of Substance abuse.

However, researchers from the Research Triangle Institute in North Carolina say that even though services are declining, addicts are more likely to say that they are satisfied with what they have received, perhaps because "in the 1990s clients have found it difficult to gain access to treatment or services and are likely to value highly the services they do receive."

The investigators assessed the level of available services by comparing two large studies with comparable designs -- the Treatment Outcomes Prospective Study (TOPS), conducted from 1979 to 1981, and…

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