Follow-up of provision of inpatient treatment for UK Healthcare Professionals with alcohol dependence: snapshot of a pilot specialist National Health Service.

Alcohol dependent healthcare professionals (AHCPs) entering a specialized National Health Service (NHS) inpatient treatment facility in southeast London, UK, were investigated. A retrospective case-note analysis was conducted, supplemented with a postal questionnaire. Twenty-three mature (mean age 46.

Which doctors and with what problems contact a specialist service for doctors? A cross sectional investigation.

Background: In the United Kingdom, specialist treatment and intervention services for doctors are underdeveloped. The MedNet programme, created in 1997 and funded by the London Deanery, aims to fill this gap by providing a self-referral, face-to-face, psychotherapeutic assessment service for doctors in London and South-East England. MedNet was designed to be a low-threshold service, targeting doctors without formal psychiatric problems.

Patterns of simultaneous polysubstance use in Canadian rave attendees.

The aim of this study was to examine rave-related polydrug drug use and to determine if patterns of substance use were associated with previous rave attendance. One hundred and eighty-six rave attendees (50% female) representing a wide range of ages (16 to 47 years; mean=23.5, sd=5.

Ecstasy and drug consumption patterns: a Canadian rave population study.

Objective: This study investigates the drug consumption patterns of a sample of rave attendees in the city of Montreal, Quebec, and seeks to identify the prevalence of 3,4-methylendioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and other drug use in this population.

Method: We administered a self-report questionnaire to 210 respondents. For various licit and illicit substances, participants reported their age of first use, number of lifetime uses, and usage in the previous 30 days.