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Conventional and Unconventional Treatments for Stress among Methadone‐Maintained Patients: Treatment Willingness and Perceived Efficacy
Author(s) -
Barry Declan T.,
Beitel Mark,
Breuer Timothy,
Cutter Christopher J.,
Savant Jonathan,
Schottenfeld Richard S.,
Rounsaville Bruce J.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2010.00109.x
Subject(s) - methadone , willingness to pay , stress (linguistics) , medicine , psychology , clinical psychology , pharmacology , economics , microeconomics , linguistics , philosophy
We surveyed 150 methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) program patients about willingness to use, and perceived efficacy of, conventional and unconventional nonpharmacological stress‐related treatments. Although levels of treatment willingness and perceived efficacy for both conventional and unconventional treatments were high, ratings for conventional interventions were, on average, significantly higher than those for unconventional ones. Dimensions of psychiatric distress—but not demographic or MMT characteristics—predicted treatment willingness for conventional therapies and treatment willingness and perceived efficacy for unconventional therapies. These findings are likely to have implications for resource and program planning in MMT programs. (Am J Addict 2010;00: 1–6)