Psychosocial Supports in Medication-Assisted Treatment: Site Visit Findings and Conclusions
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Description
Profiles 5 programs that offer medication-assisted
treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD), including
several with rural components. Covers psychosocial support
offered, staffing and staff training, collaboration and
coordination, financing, data collection and quality
improvement, lessons learned, and next steps for each
program. Discusses the aspects of psychosocial support that
are most important for positive outcomes, types of
psychosocial support being used, and factors helping or
impeding psychosocial support implementation, including
stigma and workforce challenges. Appendix B reviews the
literature on psychosocial support in MAT.
Author(s)
Garrett Moran, Hannah Knudsen, Caroline Snyder
Date
07/2019
Organization
HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Tagged as
Behavioral health workforce
· Illicit drug use
· Prescription drug misuse
· Social connectedness
· Stigma
· Connecticut
· New Mexico
· Pennsylvania
· West Virginia
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