Methadone Maintenance Treatment and Other Opioid Replacement Therapies

Author: Ward, Jeff

Publication Year: 1998

Contents

Introduction
I.Outcome
The effectiveness of methadone maintenance treatment 1: Heroin use and crime
The effectiveness of methadone maintenance treatment 2: HIV and infectious hepatitis
The effectiveness of methadone maintenance treatment 3: Moderators of treatment outcome
The effectiveness of methadone maintenance treatment 4: Cost-effectiveness
The effectiveness of other opioid replacement therapies: LAAM. heroin, buprenorphine, naltrexone and injectable maintenance

II Process
Delivering effective methadone treatment
Assessment for opioid replacement therapy
The use of methadone during maintenance treatment
The use urinalysis during opioid replacement therapy
The role of counselling and psychological therapy
How long is long enough? Answers to questions about the duration of methadone maintenance treatment
Making the transition from maintenance to abstinence: Detoxification from methadone maintenance treatment

III. Special issues
Staff training in methadone clinics
The provision of methadone within prison settings
Methadone maintenance during pregnancy
Psychiatric comorbidity among the opioid dependent

IV. Conclusion
The future opioid replacement therapy
Index

Format	Print
Keywords	methadone
Publisher	Harwood Academic Publishers
Classification	methadone
ISBN	9057022397
Pages	471
Categories:	Books