Effect of assertive community treatment for patients with substance use disorder: a systematic review

L Penzenstadler, C Soares, E Anci… - European addiction …, 2019 - karger.com
Purpose: Substance use disorders (SUD) are an important health issue internationally.
Traditional outpatient programmes often do not adequately address the substantial medical …

Building healthcare provider relationships for patient-centered care: A qualitative study of the experiences of people receiving injectable opioid agonist treatment

K Marchand, J Foreman, S MacDonald… - … , prevention, and policy, 2020 - Springer
Background Injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT) was designed as a pragmatic and
compassionate approach for people who have not benefitted from medication assisted …

[HTML][HTML] “It's helped me a lot, just like to stay alive”: a qualitative analysis of outcomes of a novel hydromorphone tablet distribution program in Vancouver, Canada

A Ivsins, J Boyd, S Mayer, A Collins, C Sutherland… - Journal of Urban …, 2021 - Springer
North America is experiencing an overdose crisis driven by fentanyl, related analogues, and
fentanyl-adulterated drugs. In response, there have been increased calls for “safe supply” …

How injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT) care could be improved? service providers and stakeholders' perspectives

T Magel, E Matzinger, S Blawatt… - … Prevention and Policy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background Addressing inadequacies in the implementation of existing evidence-based
approaches into practice, such as injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT), is imperative …

Association of opioid and stimulant use disorder diagnoses with fatal and nonfatal overdose among people with a history of incarceration

H Palis, W Gan, C Xavier, R Desai, M Scow… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Studies have suggested a rise in opioid-and stimulant-involved overdoses in
recent years in North America. This risk may be acute for individuals who have had contact …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating opioid preference to inform safe supply services: a cross sectional study

M Ferguson, A Parmar, K Papamihali, A Weng… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The drug toxicity crisis continues to be a significant cause of death. Over 24,600
people died from opioid toxicity in Canada over the last 5 years. Safe supply programs are …

A call for an evidence-based strategy against the overdose crisis

RM Krausz, JN Westenberg, AMY Tai… - The Canadian …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The current overdose crisis is one of the most devastating public health challenges in the
field of mental health and substance use disorder care in history. Globally, about 1 in 5 …

Safety and feasibility of intranasal heroin-assisted treatment: 4-week preliminary findings from a Swiss multicentre observational study

M Vogel, M Meyer, JN Westenberg, A Kormann… - Harm Reduction …, 2023 - Springer
Background Heroin-assisted treatment (HAT) is effective for individuals with severe opioid
use disorder (OUD) who do not respond sufficiently to other opioid agonist treatments. It is …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring patients' perceptions on Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment: influences on treatment initiation and implications for practice

Z Friedmann, A Binder, HT Kinkel… - European Addiction …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods We conducted 34 semi-structured interviews with individuals currently in or eligible
for iOAT in two German outpatient iOAT clinics. Transcripts were analysed following …

Aktuelle Herausforderungen in der Behandlung der Opioidabhängigkeit

A Heinz, S Gutwinski, M Krausz, G Ernst, M Vogel… - Der Nervenarzt, 2024 - Springer
Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Die Zahl opioidkonsumierender Personen ist weltweit seit
mehr als einem Jahrzehnt ansteigend, insbesondere der Konsum von Opioidanalgetika in …