A randomized controlled trial of interim methadone maintenanceRobert P Schwartz
Friends Research Institute, Inc, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:102-9. 2006
..Effective alternatives to long waiting lists for entry into methadone hydrochloride maintenance treatment are needed to reduce the complications of continuing heroin dependence and to increase methadone treatment entry...
Gender Differences Among In- and Out-of-Treatment Opioid-Addicted IndividualsSharon M Kelly
Social Research Center, Friends Research Institute, Inc, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 35:38-42. 2009
..Gender differences were explored among 355 in- and out-of-treatment opioid-addicted adults in Baltimore...
- Uses of diverted methadone and buprenorphine by opioid-addicted individuals in Baltimore, Maryland
Shannon Gwin Mitchell
Friends Research Institute, Inc, Social Research Center, 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Am J Addict 18:346-55. 2009
..Participants reported using low dosages and no injection of either medication was reported...
- Why don't out-of-treatment individuals enter methadone treatment programmes?
James A Peterson
Friends Research Institute Inc, Social Research Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Int J Drug Policy 21:36-42. 2010
..Despite the proven effectiveness of methadone treatment, the majority of heroin-dependent individuals are out-of-treatment...
- Redefining retention: recovery from the patient's perspective
Shannon Gwin Mitchell
Friends Research Institute, Inc, 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs 43:99-107. 2011
..As a result, the recovery process can be more fragmented and is often characterized by a series of cyclical treatment episodes rather than continuous time in treatment, thereby impeding their progress towards recovery...
- African American patients seeking treatment in the public sector: characteristics of buprenorphine vs. methadone patients
Shannon Gwin Mitchell
Friends Research Institute, Inc, 1040 Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 122:55-60. 2012
..This study compares the characteristics of patients entering methadone treatment vs. buprenorphine treatment to determine whether BT was attracting different types of patients...
Opioid agonist maintenance for probationers: patient-level predictors of treatment retention, drug use, and crimeJan Gryczynski
Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Subst Abus 33:30-9. 2012
..A number of patient characteristics associated with various outcomes were identified. The findings support engaging probationers in treatment and highlight patient factors that might influence outcomes...
- Interim methadone treatment: impact on arrests
Robert P Schwartz
Friends Research Institute, Inc, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 103:148-54. 2009
..It was hypothesized that IM participants would have a: (1) lower number of arrests at 6 and 12 months and (2) lower mean crime severity scores at 6 and 12 months post-baseline...
- A randomized clinical trial of methadone maintenance for prisoners: results at 12 months postrelease
Timothy W Kinlock
Social Research Center, Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 37:277-85. 2009
..These results support the effectiveness of prison-initiated methadone for males in the United States. Further study is required to confirm the findings for women...
- A randomized clinical trial of methadone maintenance for prisoners: findings at 6 months post-release
Michael S Gordon
Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Addiction 103:1333-42. 2008
..This study examined the effectiveness of methadone maintenance initiated prior to or just after release from prison at 6 months post-release...
- Scaling-up interim methadone maintenance: treatment for 1,000 heroin-addicted individuals
Robert P Schwartz
Social Research Center, Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 37:362-7. 2009
..When limited public resources create waiting lists, IM can allow additional patients to sharply reduce heroin use while waiting for admission to MTP...
- HIV sex-risk behaviors among in- versus out-of-treatment heroin-addicted adults
Shannon Gwin Mitchell
Friends Research Institute, Inc, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 38:328-33. 2012
..01). Conclusions: Nontreatment seekers are at higher HIV risk than those entering MTPs and should be a focus of sex-risk reduction interventions, even if they are not interested in treatment at that time...
- Randomized trial of standard methadone treatment compared to initiating methadone without counseling: 12-month findings
Robert P Schwartz
Friends Research Institute, Inc, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Addiction 107:943-52. 2012
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- In-treatment vs. out-of-treatment opioid dependent adults: drug use and criminal history
Robert P Schwartz
Friends Research Institute, Inc, Social Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 34:17-28. 2008
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- Intravenous and intranasal heroin-dependent treatment-seekers: characteristics and treatment outcome
David A Highfield
Friends Research Institute, MD 21201, USA
Addiction 102:1816-23. 2007
..This study compared the characteristics of intravenous (i.v.) and intranasal (i.n.) heroin users seeking methadone treatment, and their response to treatment...
- Postprison release HIV-risk behaviors in a randomized trial of methadone treatment for prisoners
Monique E Wilson
Friends Research Institute, Inc, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Am J Addict 21:476-87. 2012
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- A comparison of attitudes toward opioid agonist treatment among short-term buprenorphine patients
Sharon M Kelly
Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 38:233-8. 2012
..Obtaining data on attitudes toward buprenorphine and methadone of opioid-dependent individuals in the United States may help fashion approaches to increase treatment entry and improve patient outcomes...
- Predictors of methadone treatment retention from a multi-site study: a survival analysis
Sharon M Kelly
Friends Research Institute, Inc, 1040 Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 117:170-5. 2011
..Longer tenure in methadone treatment has been associated with positive outcomes such as reductions in drug use and crime, HIV seroconversion, and overdose death...
- The role of patient satisfaction in methadone treatment
Sharon M Kelly
Friends Research Institute, Inc, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 36:150-4. 2010
..Patient satisfaction surveys, widely used in health care delivery systems, may provide useful data for improving patient retention and outcomes...
- The relationship of social support to treatment entry and engagement: the Community Assessment Inventory
Sharon M Kelly
Friends Research Institute, Social Research Center, 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Subst Abus 31:43-52. 2010
..This study's findings indicate the CAI may be a useful measure of social support and that such support is an important factor in treatment entry...
- Attitudes toward buprenorphine and methadone among opioid-dependent individuals
Robert P Schwartz
Friends Research Institute, Inc, 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Am J Addict 17:396-401. 2008
..001), while they did not differ in their attitudes toward buprenorphine. Both groups had significantly more positive attitudes toward buprenorphine than methadone. Addressing these attitudes may increase treatment entry and retention...
- Impact of role induction on long-term drug treatment outcomes
Elizabeth C Katz
Friends Research Institute, Inc, Social Research Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Addict Dis 26:81-90. 2007
..RI improved 12-month substance use outcome relative to ST. The potential gain in retention and in reduced substance use at follow-up associated with a single RI session, recommend this strategy for further development and study...
- Incarceration and opioid withdrawal: the experiences of methadone patients and out-of-treatment heroin users
Shannon Gwin Mitchell
Friends Research Institute, Inc, Social Research Center, 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs 41:145-52. 2009
..Findings support the importance of providing appropriate opioid detoxification and/or maintenance therapy to opioid-dependent inmates...
- A randomized controlled trial of interim methadone maintenance: 10-Month follow-up
Robert P Schwartz
Friends Research Institute Inc, 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103 Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 86:30-6. 2007
..3%, p=.001) but not for cocaine-positive drug tests. At 10 months after study enrollment, there are sustained benefits of IM as compared to waiting list in terms of increased treatment entry and reduced heroin use and criminal behavior...
- Patterns in admission delays to outpatient methadone treatment in the United States
Jan Gryczynski
Friends Research Institute, 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103, Baltimore MD 21201, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 41:431-9. 2011
..These findings highlight potential disparities in timely admission to outpatient methadone treatment. Implications for improving treatment access and service system monitoring are discussed...
- A randomized clinical trial of methadone maintenance for prisoners: results at 1-month post-release
Timothy W Kinlock
Social Research Center, Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 91:220-7. 2007
..This study is the first randomized clinical trial in the US to examine the effectiveness of methadone maintenance treatment provided to prisoners with pre-incarceration heroin addiction...
- Interim methadone treatment compared to standard methadone treatment: 4-month findings
Robert P Schwartz
Friends Research Institute, MD 21201, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 41:21-9. 2011
..These findings suggest that when SM is unavailable, IM should be more widely used and less restricted...
- Antecedents and correlates of methadone treatment entry: a comparison of out-of-treatment and in-treatment cohorts
Robert P Schwartz
Friends Research Institute, Inc 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 115:23-9. 2011
..The majority of opioid-dependent individuals in the US in need of drug treatment are not receiving it. It would be useful to understand the characteristics of individuals entering and failing to enter methadone treatment...
- Impact of interim methadone maintenance on HIV risk behaviors
Monique E Wilson
Friends Research Institute, Inc, 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Urban Health 87:586-91. 2010
..Remedying the shortage of methadone capacity through the expansion of IM would be a worthwhile approach to reducing the spread of HIV infection...
- A randomized trial of intensive outpatient (IOP) vs. standard outpatient (OP) buprenorphine treatment for African Americans
Shannon Gwin Mitchell
Friends Research Institute, 1020 Park Avenue, Suite 103, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 128:222-9. 2013
..The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of OP and IOP level counseling when provided as part of buprenorphine treatment for opioid-dependent African Americans...
- Opioid addiction and incarceration: an overview
Robert P Schwartz
Friends Research Institute, Social Research Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Med Health R I 90:157-8. 2007
- A novel opioid maintenance program for prisoners: report of post-release outcomes
Timothy W Kinlock
Social Research Center, Friends Research Institute Inc, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 31:433-54. 2005
..Despite study limitations, robust findings regarding treatment attendance suggest that this intervention is highly promising...
- SBIRT for adolescent drug and alcohol use: current status and future directions
Shannon Gwin Mitchell
Friends Research Institute, Inc, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 44:463-72. 2013
..Randomized trials are needed that have adequate statistical power, employ longer-term follow-ups, and test the effectiveness of SBIRT for adolescents in various service delivery settings...
- Impact of methadone with versus without drug abuse counseling on HIV risk: 4- and 12-month findings from a clinical trial
Sharon M Kelly
Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Addict Med 6:145-52. 2012
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- Buprenorphine-naloxone Treatment for Pre-release Opioid-dependent Inmates in Puerto Rico
Carmen Albizu Garcia
From the Center for Evaluation and Sociomedical Research CAG, GCC, ADHV, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico Friends Research Institute, Inc TWK, MSG, RPS, Social Research Center, Baltimore, MD Division of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Social Policy TWK, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD Correctional Health Services Corporation CAA, ICR, Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico Open Society Institute Baltimore RPS, Baltimore, MD
J Addict Med 1:126-32. 2007
..Despite study limitations, the short-term outcomes of this study suggest that bup-nx may contribute to reductions in readdiction to heroin and in criminal activities among re-entering male prisoners...
- Cognitive ability as a factor in engagement in drug abuse treatment
Elizabeth C Katz
Friends Research Institute Inc, Social Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 31:359-69. 2005
..Results indicate that clients with higher cognitive ability may present with a greater capacity to engage in treatment than individuals with lower cognitive ability...
- A novel opioid maintenance program for prisoners: preliminary findings
Timothy W Kinlock
Social Research Center, Friends Research Institute, 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 22:141-7. 2002
..Nonetheless, study findings may also be applicable to methadone maintenance treatment, suggesting such treatment may be a promising means of engaging prisoners with preincarceration heroin dependence into continuing treatment...
- The relationship between services delivered and substance use outcomes in New Mexico's Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment (SBIRT) Initiative
Jan Gryczynski
Friends Research Institute, 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 118:152-7. 2011
..This study examined the relationship between substance use outcomes and service variables within the SBIRT model...
- Outcomes for substance user treatment in women: results from the Baltimore Drug and Alcohol Treatment Outcomes Study
Jeannette L Johnson
Center for Research on Children and Youth, School of Social Work, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
Subst Use Misuse 38:1807-29. 2003
..Drug and alcohol use among the participants was significantly reduced as early as 30 days after treatment. We discuss these findings in relation to the specific treatment needs of women who are addicted...
