title: The methadone clinic: function and philosophy.
abstract: Currently, methadone clinics are organised within two models, the metabolic and the psychotherapeutic. These models are seen to lack a completely successful opiate abuse therapy. A new model, the social psychiatric, is proposed to correct the deficiencies of these first two.
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003859:Dependent Personality Disorder; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012918:Social Alienation / Q000150:complications; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D008691:Methadone