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Inability to pay for opioid use disorder treatment is main reason young adults don't get it
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30184
Subject(s) - medical prescription , opioid , psychiatry , psychology , opioid use disorder , young adult , medicine , nursing , developmental psychology , receptor
“Treatment on demand” is the watch call for helping young people who are misusing prescription opioids. But few of these young people do receive treatment, partly due to inability to pay, according to new research. Most alarmingly, a history of overdose was also correlated with an inability to access treatment.