Methadone Maintenance Therapy in Residential Therapeutic Conmmunity Settings

Challenges and Promise

Bibliographic Data

ID14676238
AuthorsBrian Greenberg (San Mateo County Health System), Danny H Hall (John D. Dingell VA Medical Center), James L Sorensen (0000-0003-1713-9650, University of California, San Francisco)
Year2007
Volume39
Issue3
Pages203-210
Publication date2007-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Psychoactive Drugs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0279-1072 • E-ISSN: 2159-9777
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02791072.2007.10400606
PMID18159773
OpenAlexW2155819713
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited32

The therapeutic community (TC) and methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) have individually demonstrated consistent positive outcomes yet rarely have been combined. This article describes how a well-established residential therapeutic community integrated methadone maintenance treatment into its activities. Practical recommendations regarding how to incorporate MMT in a residential program are provided including topics for staff (training, coordination with the methadone service provider agency), patients (education, confronting stigma about methadone maintenance), and potential therapeutic activities (methadone group therapy). The implementation of these staff, patient, and therapeutic adaptations can assist residential substance abuse treatment programs in integrating these two addiction treatment modalities

Addiction · Methadone · Methadone maintenance · Modalities · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Substance abuse · Therapeutic community · Therapeutic modalities · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects · Medicine · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

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