Can reinforcement-based interventions to reduce drug use successfully be adapted to routine opioid maintenance treatment?

• Main Authors: Michael Specka (Author), Antje Böning (Author), Jürgen Kluwig (Author), Fabrizio Schifano (Author), Markus Banger (Author), Wolfgang Lange (Author), Hildegard Lax (Author), Bärbel Marrziniak (Author), Claudia Schüngel (Author), Norbert Scherbaum (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION: Comorbid substance related disorders are a major health problem for patients in opioid maintenance treatment (OMT). It was investigated whether a reinforcement scheme adapted to the regulatory and financial restrictions of routine treatment reduces concomitant drug use. METHODS: OMT pa...