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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Methadone maintenance"”.
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Methadone maintenance : treatment as social control
Thesis. 1976. M.C.P.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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Acute pain management in methadone maintenance treatment / by Mark Doverty.
… help direct optimal acute pain management for methadone maintenance patients.
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A Study of the Personality Characteristics of Patients in Methadone Maintenance Programs
Estimates of the number of heroin addicts in the United States vary between 200,000 and 500,000. Although differences of opinion exist as to the numbers of heroin addicts, there is little argument about the cost of supporting their addiction. Hundreds of millions of dollars are lost each year …
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Methadone maintenance : a program-evaluation study of a private clinic at Windsor Western Hospital Centre.
Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1974 .G72. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 40-07, page: . Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1974.
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Experiences and satisfaction with methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) health services: views from a small Ontario city
… health issue affecting thousands of Canadians. Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) is considered the gold standard in Canada, and the world, for treating opiate dependence. In the past, Canadian research into opiate addiction and the effectiveness of MMT has mostly focused on larger cities: …
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"I Was Not Sick and I Didn't Need to Recover": Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) as a Refuge from Criminalization
<p>Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) has been undergoing a cultural and epistemological shift away from an approach that emphasized client stabilization and a reduction of social harms towards one grounded in values associated with the recovery movement. These changes include promoting a view …
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Heroin detoxification during pregnancy: a systematic review and retrospective study of management of heroin addiction in pregnancy
There is a general consensus that methadone maintenance is the gold standard in the management of pregnant heroin users. However, in South African state hospitals, methadone withdrawal is the routine procedure offered to these patients, as methadone maintenance programmes are unavailable in the …
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Patient participation, encounter, and methadone-reinforcement in the treatment of heroin addicts
… inpatient programs for heroin addicts undergoing methadone maintenance and drug abusers. These facets included the investigation and evaluation of (a) motivational factors; affecting the voluntary participation of inpatient heroin addicts and drug abusers in behavioral and pharmacological therapy, …
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Exposure to a computer-hosted cognitive-behavioral intervention for pathological gambling: Impact on gambling symptomatology and disclosure of gambling participation in required counseling for adults receiving opiate substitution therapy for heroin addiction
… of pathological gambling (PG) in an urban methadone-maintenance population (<em>n=</em>125<em>) </em>using the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS). In addition, those meeting criteria for PG, and other inclusion criteria <em>(n</em>=42), were randomly assigned to one of two 6-week treatment …
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An exploration of the process of recovery from heroin dependence
… and how different psycho-social factors, methadone maintenance and drug treatment services may play a role in the recovery process.The research portfolio consists of three sections. The first is a systematic review of the British literature, investigating the association between …
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Simulation Comparisons of Semi-Parametric Accelerated Failure Time Model With Different Bandwidths
… semi-parametric AFT model to the real datasets: methadone maintenance treatment and primary biliary cirrhosis, using the profile likelihood method.</p>
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Policyspridning som översättning : Den politiska översättningen av metadonbehandling och husläkare i Sverige
… case studies. The first study traces the Swedish methadone issue, from the introduction of the methadone maintenance treatment in 1966 to the end of 1980s when this form of treatment gained wider acceptance. The second study covers the Swedish family doctor issue, from the launch of the proposal …
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Heroin Addiction and Longing to Belong
… of six individuals stabilised on a low-dose methadone maintenance programme underwent three separate interviews, and analysis was conducted using interpretative phenomenological analysis. This focused on emergent themes, retaining a strong epistemological commitment to interpretations firmly …
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Harm reduction in the context of drug use in Malaysia, a critical analysis of its justification and its compatibility with the criminal justice approach
… the international drug control conventions. The Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) and Needle and Syringe Exchange Programme (NSEP) harm reduction measures are further justified by their efficacy and cost-effectiveness in decreasing drug use and HIV pathogen transmission. This thesis also argues …
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Merging Task-Centered Social Work and Motivational Interviewing in Outpatient Medication Assisted Substance Abuse Treatment: Model Development for Social Work Practice
… medication assisted treatment program dispensing methadone and buprenorphine to a mainly African-American population. The agency program aimed at detoxification, but also provided methadone maintenance. It offered additional groups and acupuncture. Ten clients and four social work practitioners …
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The Health of Human Trafficking Victims in San Diego, California: A Retrospective Study
… sex), needs assessment (drug rehabilitation, methadone maintenance, counseling), sexual health factors (use of condoms), and mental health factors (depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder). </p> <p>Method: Retrospective, descriptive study of previously collected data (2012-2015) …
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Buprenorphine and Methadone in pregnancy: effects on the mother, fetus and neonate.
… assess the efficacy and safety of buprenorphine maintenance for the treatment of illicit opioid dependence during pregnancy. Parameters investigated assessed pregnancy progression and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) compared to methadone maintenance and non-opioid exposed control pregnancies. …
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Neuroimaging Investigation of Binge Alcohol Drinking and Opioid Dependency.
… The study on impulsivity in patients receiving methadone maintenance therapy suggests a benefit in reduction of methadone dose, and the finding of a negative correlation between impulsivity and compulsivity measures supports Holander and Wong’s impulsive-compulsive diathesis model. Further work …
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Methadone metabolism in placentas from preterm pregnancies
… system responsible for the N-demethylation of methadone in human preterm placentas. The metabolism of methadone revealed typical Michaelis-Menten saturation kinetics. Methadone was N-demethylated to EDDP, only, by human placental aromatase. This was confirmed through the use of chemical …
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Neuropsychological function as a result of chronic exposure to methadone and other opioids
… users (illicit heroin users, patients prescribed methadone for illicit opioid dependence and patients taking opioids as part of the management of chronic pain) have identified performance deficits in measures of executive functioning and memory. These have included impairments within the domains …
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