Program administrator and medical staff attitudes toward six hypothetical medications for substance abuse treatment.
There is growing interest in a number of medications with proven clinical efficacy or potential for treating substance abuse. At the same time, many treatment programs make little, if any, use of pharmacotherapy. The reasons for this circumstance are not clear. An exploratory survey using focus groups and telephone interviews with medical personnel and administrators from 38 programs and three professional associations suggests that program staff perceive a variety of drawbacks to pharmacotherapy, which may help account for the lack of more widespread use of this treatment modality.
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Abt Associates Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138-1168, USA.
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006270:Health Facility Administrators / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008503:Medical Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D014481:United States