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Asking OTP patients to bring in family member or friend is difficult
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32125
Subject(s) - incentive , dropout (neural networks) , methadone , family member , internet privacy , business , psychology , public relations , family medicine , social psychology , medicine , psychiatry , political science , computer science , economics , microeconomics , machine learning
The problem of dropout due to continued drug use in medication‐assisted treatment is a serious one. Patients who continue to use drugs despite taking methadone are good candidates for participating in groups aimed at having them bring in family and friends to provide them with support, recent research has found. However, the study showed that if the requirements for participation are too high, the patients won't show up with a community support person, regardless of the incentive — in this case, take‐home doses. Without showing up, they could not get the incentive, and therefore, the incentive was worthless.