Treatment for Individuals With Severe Mental Illness Who Use Illicit Drugs While Maintained on Methadone: Mindfulness and Modification Therapy.
Wupperman P, Burns N, Pugach C, Edwards E. Treatment for Individuals With Severe Mental Illness Who Use Illicit Drugs While Maintained on Methadone: Mindfulness and Modification Therapy. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2019, 207: 1005-1011. PMID: 31658241, DOI: 10.1097/nmd.0000000000001066.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere mental illnessIllicit drug useCo-occurring severe mental illnessDrug useMental illnessOpioid-dependent individualsIllicit drugsSubstance use disordersAcceptable therapyOpioid dependenceModification therapyTreatment needsUse disordersLarge effect sizesMeaningful decreasePilot studyUnderserved populationsTherapyGroup therapyMethadonePreliminary evidenceIllnessEffect sizeTreatmentPosttreatment