Treatment outcomes of a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer alcohol and other drug counselling service in Australia: A retrospective analysis of client records
| Autor: | Sarah Lambert, Loren Brener, Martin Holt, Toby Lea, Genevieve Whitlam |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Referral Medicine (miscellaneous) Substance-related disorder medicine.disease Transgender Persons Sexual and Gender Minorities Treatment Outcome Quality of life (healthcare) Transgender Quality of Life medicine Humans Queer Female Lesbian Psychiatry Psychology Psychosocial Retrospective Studies |
| Zdroj: | Drug and Alcohol Review. 40:1358-1368 |
| ISSN: | 1465-3362 0959-5236 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/dar.13303 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION Substance use disorders are more prevalent among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people than among their heterosexual and cisgender peers. There has been limited alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment research with LGBTQ people outside of North America. This study aimed to examine the treatment outcomes of clients attending a LGBTQ-specific AOD counselling service in Australia (ACON's Substance Support Service) and compare their client profile and treatment outcomes with LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ clients of similar mainstream services. METHODS This study was a retrospective analysis of the health records of 284 ACON clients and 1011 clients of five mainstream services in 2016-2018. Clients completed clinical interviews at treatment entry and periodically throughout treatment and completed measures of substance use, severity of dependence, psychological distress and quality of life. RESULTS Most ACON clients were seeking treatment for methamphetamine (58%) and alcohol use (26%). Among ACON clients, there were reductions in past month days of substance use and severity of dependence between treatment entry and counselling sessions 4, 8 and 12 (all P |
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