Challenges and outcomes of parallel care for patients with co-occurring psychiatric disorder in methadone maintenance treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Most opioid users seeking treatment in community-based substance abuse treatment programs have at least one co-occurring psychiatric disorder, and the presence of psychiatric comorbidity in this population is associated with increased psychological distress, poorer quality of life, and reduced response to substance abuse treatment. This observational study describes clinical outcomes of referring patients receiving methadone maintenance with at least one co-occurring psychiatric disorder to a community psychiatry program located on the same hospital campus.

Methods

Participants (n = 156) were offered priority referrals to a community psychiatry program that included regularly scheduled psychiatrist appointments, individual and group therapy, and enhanced access to

SUBMITTER: King VL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4070518 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature