What Role Should Psychiatrists Have in Responding to the Opioid Epidemic?

What Role Should Psychiatrists Have in Responding to the Opioid Epidemic?

This Viewpoint expresses concerns about the workforce available to care for patients with opioid use disorders and advises that psychiatrists become trained in the administration of buprenorphine and acquire other skills.

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Veröffentlicht in:JAMA psychiatry (Chicago, Ill.) Ill.), 2019-02, Vol.76 (2), p.107
Hauptverfasser: Muvvala, Srinivas B, Edens, Ellen Lockard, Petrakis, Ismene L
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Buprenorphine - therapeutic use
Drug administration
Humans
Medical personnel
Narcotic Antagonists - therapeutic use
Narcotics
Opiate Substitution Treatment - methods
Opioid Epidemic - prevention & control
Opioid-Related Disorders - drug therapy
Opioid-Related Disorders - prevention & control
Physician's Role
Psychiatrists
Psychiatry
Skill development
Substance abuse treatment
United States
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Zusammenfassung:This Viewpoint expresses concerns about the workforce available to care for patients with opioid use disorders and advises that psychiatrists become trained in the administration of buprenorphine and acquire other skills.
ISSN:2168-622X
2168-6238
DOI:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.3123