| Title |
Just call it “treatment”
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, June 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1940-0640-7-10 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Peter D Friedmann, Robert P Schwartz |
| Abstract |
Although many in the addiction treatment field use the term "medication-assisted treatment" to describe a combination of pharmacotherapy and counseling to address substance dependence, research has demonstrated that opioid agonist treatment alone is effective in patients with opioid dependence, regardless of whether they receive counseling. The time has come to call pharmacotherapy for such patients just "treatment". An explicit acknowledgment that medication is an essential first-line component in the successful management of opioid dependence. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 70% |
| Unknown | 3 | 30% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 60% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 20% |
| Scientists | 1 | 10% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 10% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 54 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 13 | 23% |
| Other | 7 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 11 | 20% |
| Unknown | 11 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 39% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 14% |
| Psychology | 3 | 5% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 7 | 13% |
| Unknown | 12 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
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