Medication Assisted Treatment continues to gain popularity as an effective option for treating Opioid Use Disorder.
My goal was to create a hands-on workbook that touches on num.
This book was developed with the hope that both patient and healthcare provider could use it as a guide to promote recovery from Opioid Use Disorder.
Everyone working together as a team provides positive results.
My experience is that MAT physicians and mental health providers have been very open minded to work with me and the Opiate dependent client.
I think that now, more than ever, there exists a great opportunity for Addiction counselors, physicians, mental health providers and patients to come together and learn from each other.
As a result, patients and society are not receiving enough consistent information about the disease of Opioid Use Disorder and how MAT maintenance and accompanying substance abuse Counseling are supposed to work. 6.
As a result, they have maintained one style fits all, outdated belief systems and strategies.
Some well-meaning substance abuse counselors, frankly, have not kept up with all the changes and latest research in their own field. 5.
Many MAT doctors are on a sharp learning curve.
Some of the doctors, though well intentioned, are not experienced at working with Opiate addicted clients and the unique set of challenges that they bring. 4.
The delivery system needs improvement. 3.
MAT works best when the Treatment Plan includes patient, physician and counselor collaborating in a team effort. 2.
Suboxone, Zubsolv and Bunavail, when appropriately used, are highly effective medications, and MAT is saving lives.
First and foremost: 1.
Since publishing that workbook in 2014, my patients & I have come across multiple insights and observations, prompting the need to publish this 2nd edition.
At the time the book was written, there was little information available about appropriate Counseling plans for MAT.
I decided to publish a patient/counselor workbook in 2014.
Medication Assisted Treatment continues to gain popularity as an effective option for treating Opioid Use Disorder
