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  • Title: A general hospital day program combining peer-led and professional treatment of cocaine abusers.
    Author: Galanter M, Egelko S, De Leon G, Rohrs C.
    Journal: Hosp Community Psychiatry; 1993 Jul; 44(7):644-9. PubMed ID: 8394837.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: Cocaine abuse, particularly in crack form, is highly prevalent among patients with severe socioeconomic disadvantages who are treated in municipal general hospitals. The authors describe and evaluate a day treatment program for 30 such patients that combines peer-led self-help and professional care provided by a general hospital psychiatric service. METHODS: Treatment outcomes at one year for 92 patients referred to the day program from the hospital's psychiatric services and 58 perinatal patients referred from the obstetric services were examined using chi square and regression analyses to determine whether certain variables, especially referral source, were related to outcome. An acceptable treatment outcome was defined as three successive negative urinalyses before termination or at the end of one year of treatment. RESULTS: Almost all the patients were unemployed members of ethnic minorities, and most abused at least one substance in addition to cocaine. The 150 patients attended the program an average of 44 times during the year, and 39 percent had an acceptable treatment outcome. Patients referred from psychiatric services had a better outcome than perinatal patients. CONCLUSIONS: Peer-led milieu treatment and professional services can be combined in the general hospital to provide intensive ambulatory care for socioeconomically disadvantaged substance abusers. Techniques and services for engaging perinatal patients in treatment should be developed.
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