Format
Scientific article
Publication Date
Published by / Citation
Lancet Psychiatry: 2019, 6, p. 391-402.
Keywords
illegal drugs
cost effectiveness
quality of life
Methadone
agonist
pharmacotherapy
treatment
contingency management
psychosocial
heroin
cocaine
cognitive-behavioural therapy
family therapy
individualisation
client choice
12-step
buprenorphine
depression
psychopathology
retention
employment
recovery
anxiety
health
crime
cost offset
cost benefit
motivational interviewing
node-link mapping

Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Therapy ‘Toolbox’ Helps Rescue Poorly Recovering Patients at London Maintenance Clinic

Instead of a set programme, a clinic in London tried offering patients prescribed methadone or buprenorphine but still using heroin or cocaine a selection from a suite of well-supported psychological interventions tailored to the patient, and then systematically re-tailored in the light of how they responded. It worked - but did it work well enough, and would the findings be replicated in more typical circumstances?

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