Stohler
Fakultäten » Medizinische Fakultät » Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik » Soziale Psychiatrie und Allgemeinpsychiatrie Zürich West, Klinik für » Prof. Dr. Wulf Rössler » Stohler
Current research project
| Title / Titel | Monitoring of methadone maintenance treatment in the canton of Zurich | ||||
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| Summary / Zusammenfassung | Based on the public health authority’s patient register all methadone maintenance treatment carried out by GPs, official institutions and private services in the canton of Zurich are assessed at the beginning and the end of treatment. Moreover, data on changes during treatment is collected every six month. The data is analysed regarding changes and trends in patient characteristics (demography, drug consumption, social integration) and treatment outcome | ||||
| Publications / Publikationen | Nordt C, & Stohler R. (2010). Combined effects of law enforcement and substitution treatment on heroin mortality. Drug and Alcohol Review.Nordt C, Landolt K, Stohler R. (2009). Estimating incidence trends in regular heroin use in 26 regions of Switzerland using methadone treatment data. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy;4:14.Nordt C, & Stohler R. (2009). Low-threshold methadone treatment, heroin price, police activity and incidence of heroin use: The Zurich experience Low-threshold methadone treatment, heroin price, police activity and incidence of heroin use: The Zurich experience. International Journal of Drug Policy 20 497–501Nordt C, & Stohler R. (2008). Estimating heroin epidemics with data of patients in methadone maintenance treatment, collected during a single treatment day. Addiction. Apr;103(4):591-7.Nordt C, Stohler R (2006) Incidence of heroin use in Zurich, Switzerland: a treatment case register analysis. Lancet 367/9525:1830-4 | ||||
| Keywords / Suchbegriffe | monitoring, methadone, outpatient-treatment, heroin, Switzerland, evaluation | ||||
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| Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch |
Other Public Sources (e.g. Federal or Cantonal Agencies) Gesundheitsdirektion des Kantons Zürich |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | Jan 1992 to Jan 2020 |