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Issue Number 2, Winter 1995

Herman Joseph, Ph.D. is a member of NAMA’s Advisory Board and has been involved in methadone treatment and research since it’s beginning. This article is excerpted from Dr. Joseph’s dissertation on stigma. Joycelyn Woods, M.A. is Vice President of NAMA and has a graduate dreree in neuroscience and has worked in the field for twenty-five…

Alabama Website: http://www.mh.state.al.us/services/sa/sa-main.html Click Here for Website Contact Person: Kathy E. Sawyer Commissioner Email: [email protected] Substance Abuse Services Division AL DMHMR RSA Union Building Montgomery, AL 36130 Phone: (334) 242-3107 Fax: (334) 242-0727 DMHMR Email: [email protected] Toll Free Alabama Number: (800) 367-0955 Alaska Website: http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dbh/default.htm Click Here for Website Robert Hammaker Interim Treatment and Recovery…

Numerous studies have shown that dose is one of the most important aspects of methadone treatment and that patients who are given an adequate dose, know their dose and have some influence regarding their dose do better in treatment and remain in treatment (Ball and Ross, 1994; Caplehorn and Bell, 1991; Cooper, 1992; D’Annuno and…

The next few years will be important and exciting for methadone maintenance treatment. On May 17, 2001 the oversight of methadone was officially removed from the FDA and handed over to the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. We are currently in a3-year transition period during which CSAT is slowly setting policy which includes accreditation of…

FALSE! The MMT patient is DEPENDENT on their medication.  Not “addicted”! The term “addiction” is currently used as a psychological term referring to the loss of control over drug use or other behaviors such as eating or gambling. By these criteria as laid out in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV, the…