Summary information

Study title

Survey of Residents of Two Therapeutic Communities for Former Drug Users, 1973

Creator

Ogborne, A., University of London, Institute of Psychiatry, Addiction Research Unit

Melotte, C. J., University of London, Institute of Psychiatry, Addiction Research Unit

Study number / PID

1818 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-1818-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The survey was part of a wider evaluation of two residential therapeutic communities.
Main Topics:

Variables
Pre-admission characteristics (including information about age, sex, social class, previous drug and alcohol use, school history and educational attainment, criminality, employment and medical history) of the residents were collected from records or by interview. The first 100 residents from each community were followed up and 169 subjects were interviewed. Questions asked of former residents covered the period since they had left the community and their circumstances at the time of interview. (Some were still resident at follow-up). Topics covered included drug use, alcohol use, criminal activity and penal history, employment and income, accomodation, friends, family, other therapies, and attitude towards the communities.

Health behaviourHealth care services and policies

ADOPTED CHILDRENAGEALCOHOLISMAMPHETAMINESATTITUDESCANNABISCHILDRENCOCAINECRIMINALSDRUG ABUSEDRUG ADDICTIONDRUG TRAFFICKING

Data collection period

01/07/1973 - 01/12/1973

Country

England

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals

Groups

Subnational

Drug users

Therapeutic communities

Universe

Residents of two therapeutic communities for drug users in Portsmouth and London

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Compilation or synthesis of existing material

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1983

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Melotte, C. and Ogborne, A. (1975) 'Strategies for the successful follow-up of treated drug-users', Journal of Drug Issues
Melotte, C. (1975) 'A rehabilitation hostel for drug users : : one year's admissions', British Journal of Criminology, 376-384
Ogborne, A. (1975) 'The first 100 residents in a therapeutic community for former addicts', British Journal of Addiction
Melotte, C. and Ogborne, A. (1977) 'An evaluation of a therapeutic community for former drug users', British Journal of Addiction, 75-82