A Comparison of Mental Health Hospital Admissions in a Cohort of Heroin Users Prior to and After Rapid Opiate Detoxification and Oral Naltrexone Maintenance

D. E. Arnold-Reed School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia

P. O'Neil School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia

C. D. J. Holman School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia

M. K. Bulsara School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia

C. Rodiguez School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia

G. Gawthorne School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia

R. J. Tait School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]

G. K. Hulse School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia

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Abstract

Mental health (MH) hospital admissions were investigated in a cohort (N = 1184) of heroin dependent persons using linked health records. All MH in-patient admissions were extracted 36 months before to 36 months after commencing rapid opioid detoxification (ROD) and oral naltrexone. Results show that the incidence rate ratio (IRR) of drug-related and other MH admissions peaked in the 3 months immediately prior to treatment. All categories subsequently declined to baseline levels by 36 months following treatment. The authors conclude that treatment for heroin dependence reduces risk of MH admissions.

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