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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"maintenance treatment"”.
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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.
In the light of a general concensus that in the treatment of pain, patients with a prior history of substance abuse (particulary opioid dependence) appear to be at increased risk for pain mismanagement problems, this thesis aims to produce data that will eventually help in the formulation of …
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District Level Preventive Maintenance Treatment Selection Tool for Use in Virginia
Preventive maintenance has the potential to improve network condition by retarding future pavement deterioration. The Virginia Department of Transportation uses its pavement management system to determine maintenance targets for each district. The districts then use these recommendations to select …
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Experiences and satisfaction with methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) health services: views from a small Ontario city
… 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: Toronto, …
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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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Use and misuse of sedative drugs and related substances - Findings in the general population and in individuals with opioid dependence
… Prescription sedatives are efficient in the treatment of anxiety and sleeping disorders, but are associated with a risk of misuse and dependence, as well as an increased risk of accidents, injuries and overdoses, both in the general population and especially in individuals with other …
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The impact of regulatory changes on the providers of treatment for opioid dependence
… narcotic medications, such as buprenorphine, for treatment of opioid dependence. As of 2006, physicians have been allowed to treat up to 100 patients after spending one year at a 30-patient limit. Physicians may choose to discontinue use of buprenorphine after the patient has successfully …
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Simulation Comparisons of Semi-Parametric Accelerated Failure Time Model With Different Bandwidths
… AFT model to the real datasets: methadone maintenance treatment and primary biliary cirrhosis, using the profile likelihood method.</p>
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Pavement management analysis of Hamilton County using HDM-4 and HPMA
… costs and user costs; determine cost-effective maintenance treatment; and suggest optimum utilization of funds. From this study, fuel consumption is higher at peak hours due to reduced traffic speeds. User cost is higher on the state route than the interstate due to stop-and-go motion. Road …
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The versatility of counselling psychology in the field of substance misuse
… management (CM) implemented by the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA). The research programme aimed to target drug using, health and attendance related behaviours to gain an understanding of the acceptability and feasibility of contingency management to the UK substance …
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An exploration of the process of recovery from heroin dependence
… 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 psycho-social …
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Policyspridning som översättning : Den politiska översättningen av metadonbehandling och husläkare i Sverige
… 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 by the Swedish Liberal Party in the election campaign of …
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Alternatives to PCI and MicroPAVER based maintenance solutions for airport pavements
… health condition by implementing cost effective maintenance solutions. Traditionally, maintenance and repair techniques have been developed based on the minimum acceptable Pavement Condition Index (PCI). However, there are pavements which show high PCI but have low Structural Condition Index …
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Outcomes of patients with opioid use disorders seen at the Groote Schuur Hospital Addictions Clinic from 2014 to 2020
… for positive outcomes of Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) in international and local studies, its use remains limited in South Africa, where medications suitable for use as OST are only listed in the Essential Medicines List for detox and not long-term maintenance treatment. METHODS: This …
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Immune parameters as predictors of response to maintenance therapy in low grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients
… (vincristine) and prednisone (COP). After this treatment patients received either oral cyclophosphamide or alpha-interferon (α-IFN) as maintenance treatment for a period of two years. The ability to predict patients' treatment response at diagnosis would be extremely helpful for both the patient …
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Benzodiazepine and opioid dependence. Clinical and meta-analytical studies.
… In the methadone review (Paper III) retention in treatment was higher (d=0.90), and opioid abuse and criminality was lower (d=0.61) and (d=0.35) respectively compared to controlled conditions. Type of study design (gradual detoxification, placebo or untreated controls) could explain some of the …