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Drug Counselor Responses to Patients’ Pain Reports: A Qualitative Investigation of Barriers and Facilitators to Treating Patients with Chronic Pain in Methadone Maintenance Treatment
Beitel M, Oberleitner L, Kahn M, Kerns RD, Liong C, Madden LM, Ginn J, Barry DT. Drug Counselor Responses to Patients’ Pain Reports: A Qualitative Investigation of Barriers and Facilitators to Treating Patients with Chronic Pain in Methadone Maintenance Treatment. Pain Medicine 2017, 18: 2152-2161. PMID: 28177509, DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnw327.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderMethadone maintenance treatmentChronic painDrug counselorsMaintenance treatmentTreatment needsUse disordersMedical providersCo-occurring chronic painMethadone maintenance treatment programPain management referralsChronic noncancer painPatient-related barriersMethadone-maintained patientsTreatment of patientsMaintenance treatment programPatients' treatment needsNoncancer painMedication regimensPain managementManagement referralsTreatment adherencePatient improvementPatient reportsPainPhysical activity, psychiatric distress, and interest in exercise group participation among individuals seeking methadone maintenance treatment with and without chronic pain
Beitel M, Stults-Kolehmainen M, Cutter CJ, Schottenfeld RS, Eggert K, Madden LM, Kerns RD, Liong C, Ginn J, Barry DT. Physical activity, psychiatric distress, and interest in exercise group participation among individuals seeking methadone maintenance treatment with and without chronic pain. American Journal On Addictions 2016, 25: 125-131. PMID: 26824197, DOI: 10.1111/ajad.12336.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethadone maintenance treatmentPhysical activity levelsExercise group participationChronic painPhysical activityPsychiatric distressMaintenance treatmentActivity levelsPast weekVigorous-intensity physical activityExercise of patientsIntensity physical activityExercise groupExercise interventionPainBrief self-report instrumentPatientsLow levelsSelf-report instrumentDistressWeeksDepressionTreatmentGroup participationParticipantsPsychopathology and Pain Correlates of Dispositional Optimism in Methadone‐Maintained Patients
Beitel M, Savant JD, Cutter CJ, Peters S, Belisle N, Barry DT. Psychopathology and Pain Correlates of Dispositional Optimism in Methadone‐Maintained Patients. American Journal On Addictions 2012, 21: s56-s62. PMID: 23786512, PMCID: PMC3703875, DOI: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2012.00293.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethadone maintenance treatmentMMT patientsChronic painDispositional optimismCurrent chronic painOpioid-dependent patientsOpioid treatment programsOpioid use disorderEmotional strainPosttraumatic stress disorderPain correlateMultivariable analysisMaintenance treatmentClinical correlatesDependent patientsLow levelsPersonality disorder criteriaPaucity of studiesHigh levelsUse disordersPatientsPainTreatment programDisorder criteriaStress disorder
2021
Psychiatric comorbidity and order of condition onset among patients seeking treatment for chronic pain and opioid use disorder
Barry DT, Beitel M, Cutter CJ, Fiellin DA, Madden LM, Lipkind N, Bollampally P, Liong C, Schottenfeld RS. Psychiatric comorbidity and order of condition onset among patients seeking treatment for chronic pain and opioid use disorder. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2021, 221: 108608. PMID: 33667784, PMCID: PMC8026725, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108608.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderChronic painPsychiatric comorbidityCondition onsetUse disordersNonopioid substance use disordersDSM-IV-TR Axis I DisordersFirst groupComorbid chronic painStructured Clinical InterviewAxis I DisordersAxis II disordersSubstance use disordersDSM-IV personality disordersStandardized training protocolSame time groupsPotential treatment implicationsClinical trialsDoctoral-level providersI disordersMultinomial logistic regressionPrimary drugClinical InterviewPainDiagnostic Interview