Successful Testing and Treating of HIV/AIDS in Indonesia Depends on the Addiction Treatment Modality.
Successful testing and treating of HIV/AIDS in Indonesia depends on the addiction treatment modality.
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J Multidiscip Healthc. 2012; 5: 329-36
Iskandar S, de Jong CA, Hidayat T, Siregar IM, Achmad TH, van Crevel R, van der Ven A
In many settings, people who inject drugs (PWID) have limited access to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care which is provided in several hospitals and primary health centers in big cities. Substance abuse treatment (SAT) can be used as the entry-point to HIV programs. The aim of this study is to describe the characteristics of the PWID who had accessed SAT and determine which SAT modality associates significantly with HIV programs.PWID were recruited by respondent-driven sampling in an urban setting in Java, Indonesia and interviewed with the Addiction Severity Index (ASI), Blood-Borne Virus Transmission Risk Assessment Questionnaires, and Knowledge Questionnaire on HIV/AIDS. The information regarding the use of substance abuse treatment and HIV program were based on questions in ASI.Seventy-seven percent of 210 PWID had accessed SAT at least once. PWID who had accessed a SAT modality reported more severe drug problems. The most widely used SAT were opioid substitution (57%) and traditional/faith-based treatment (56%). Accessing substitution treatment (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 5.8; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.5-13.9) or residential drug-free treatment (adjusted OR = 3.7; 95% CI: 1.4-9.7) was significantly associated with HIV testing, whereas accessing substitution treatment (adjusted OR = 3.8; 95% CI: 1.9-7.5) or other medical services (adjusted OR = 3.1; 95% CI: 1.1-8.7) was significantly associated with HIV treatment. There was no significant association between accessing traditional/faith-based treatment and HIV testing and treatment.Efforts should be made to link HIV services with traditional/faith-based treatment to increase the coverage of HIV programs.
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Is Internet addiction a useful concept?
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Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2013 Jan; 47(1): 16-9
Starcevic V
Evaluation of the quality of life (whoqol-bref) among methadone and suboxone substitution state program patients and healthy volunteers in georgia.
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Georgian Med News. 2012 Dec; 44-7
Piralishvili G, Gamkrelidze I, Nikolaishvili N, Chavchanidze M
Aims – to evaluate QOL patients being treated with methadone and Suboxone in State-sponsored programs in Georgia. The WHOQOL-BREF (26 questions) version was administered to patients in State substitution program and healthy volunteers to assess their overall function and life satisfaction in physical, mental, social health, and environment domains. Domain scores were calculated and converted to 4-20 and 0-100 scales, identical to the WHOQOL-100. 485 patients (309 from 6 Tbilisi and 176 from 5 regional centers) and 50 healthy volunteers (13 male, 37 female) were surveyed. Significant differences were observed between new admitted patients (0-3 month) and healthy controls by mean physical (47.5 vs. 51.94; CI 95%); psychological (55.0 vs. 60.50; CI 95%) and environmental (46.2 vs. 52.2; CI 95%) domains, but not by social relationships or between Tbilisi and regions. The Social domain scores were raised in accordance with time spent in treatment reaching a maximum improvement within 1-3 years (social- 72.8 vs. 67.7; CI 95%), further with few descending tends round the healthy people’s scores. These pilot data show decrements in QOL among patients entering maintenance treatment with improvements in the course of maintenance treatment. It is possible that the increased indicators in social domain up to especially high level within the first 3 years is the result of subjective factors, with the subsequent return to healthy community level.
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What Influences Perceptions of Procedural Justice Among People with Mental Illness Regarding their Interactions with the Police?
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Community Ment Health J. 2013 Jan 5;
Livingston JD, Desmarais SL, Greaves C, Parent R, Verdun-Jones S, Brink J
According to procedural justice theory, a central factor shaping perceptions about authority figures and dispute resolution processes is whether an individual believes they were treated justly and fairly during personal encounters with agents of authority. This paper describes findings from a community-based participatory research study examining perceptions of procedural justice among sixty people with mental illness regarding their interactions with police. The degree to which these perceptions were associated with selected individual (e.g., socio-demographic characteristics), contextual (e.g., neighborhood, past experiences), and interactional (e.g., actions of the officer) factors was explored. The results of regression analyses indicate that the behavior of police officers during the interactions appears to be the key to whether or not these interactions are perceived by people with mental illness as being procedurally just. Implications of these findings for improving interactions between the police and people with mental illness are discussed.
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