Treatment for Opioid Dependent Offenders

Summary

This pilot study is examining the feasibility of a primary care and a specialist treatment (methadone clinic) model of treatment for 15 offenders who are part of two community supervision programs: Drug Court and the Treatment Alternative Program (TAP) in Dane County. The questions addressed by future larger studies based upon the current pilot-feasibility study will center around whether access to primary health care as opposed to more traditional methadone treatment services will improve the health and criminal justice outcomes for participants.

Timeline

Start

2009-06

Primary completion

2011-03

Completion

2011-05

Publications

• Results Brown R, Gassman M, Hetzel S, Berger L. Community-based treatment for opioid dependent offenders: a pilot study. Am J Addict. 2013 Sep-Oct;22(5):500-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2013.12049.x. Epub 2013 Apr 3.

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Indications