2020
A qualitative investigation of addiction counselors' perceptions and experiences implementing an open-access model for treating opioid use disorder
Oberleitner LMS, Madden LM, Muthulingam D, Marcus R, Oberleitner DE, Beitel M, Gaeta M, Tamberelli JF, Barry DT. A qualitative investigation of addiction counselors' perceptions and experiences implementing an open-access model for treating opioid use disorder. Journal Of Substance Use And Addiction Treatment 2020, 121: 108191. PMID: 33357602, PMCID: PMC7770334, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108191.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethadone maintenance treatmentTreatment programOpioid treatment programsOpioid use disorderMaintenance treatmentTreatment optionsMethadone maintenanceUse disordersProspective patientsIndividual semi-structured interviewsCounselors' perceptionsTreatment organizationsInterdisciplinary teamCliniciansAddiction counselorsSemi-structured interviews
2018
An investigation of an open‐access model for scaling up methadone maintenance treatment
Madden LM, Farnum SO, Eggert KF, Quanbeck AR, Freeman RM, Ball SA, Schottenfeld RS, Shi JM, Savage ME, Barry DT. An investigation of an open‐access model for scaling up methadone maintenance treatment. Addiction 2018, 113: 1450-1458. PMID: 29453891, DOI: 10.1111/add.14198.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-medical opioid useOpioid use disorderMethadone maintenance treatmentOpioid useMaintenance treatmentTreatment accessUse disordersTreatment modelMethadone maintenance treatment centersMaintenance treatment centersDeleterious effectsMethadone treatmentPatient mortalityTreatment optionsTreatment outcomesTreatment centersProspective patientsRate of retentionPatient censusRapid enrollmentAddiction treatmentApparent deleterious effectsTreatmentMortalityProgrammatic outcomes