Stevens S, Arbiter N, Glider P
Amity, Inc., Tucson, Arizona.
Int J Addict. 1989 May;24(5):425-34. doi: 10.3109/10826088909047297.
It has long been noted that chemically dependent women have special needs that differ from the needs of chemically dependent men. A therapeutic community model, which has been found effective, suggests several changes in traditional treatment approaches. After intervention with our female-based therapeutic model, several positive changes occurred. Extremely disproportionate populations of males and females began to even out, with female residents' length of stay increasing dramatically. Length of stay for male residents also increased by a significant amount. Success of treatment, as measured by the number of drug-free ex-residents, also increased significantly for male and female populations.
长期以来，人们一直注意到，有药物成瘾问题的女性有一些与有药物成瘾问题的男性不同的特殊需求。一种已被证明有效的治疗社区模式提出了传统治疗方法的若干变革。在采用我们基于女性的治疗模式进行干预后，出现了一些积极的变化。男性和女性数量极不成比例的情况开始得到改善，女性居民的住院时间大幅增加。男性居民的住院时间也显著增加。以无毒品前科居民数量衡量的治疗成功率，在男性和女性群体中也显著提高。
