ArticleJournal of substance abuse treatment2015
Buprenorphine Treatment and 12-step Meeting Attendance: Conflicts, Compatibilities, and Patient Outcomes.
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44 citing papers in PubMed.
- Medications for opioid use disorder, recovery supports, and overdose risk -- a database linkage study of a rural cohort of people who inject drugs and use opioids.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Reducing Buprenorphine Misinformation as a Strategy to Improve Adoption in Primary Care.Substance use & misuse · 2026Article
- Effects of participation in a large, online community for substance use disorder recovery: A naturalistic, longitudinal study.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2026Article
- Policies and practices addressing medication and substance use in recovery housing: findings from a nationally representative survey.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2026Article
- Practical guidance for navigating buprenorphine discontinuation.Harm reduction journal · 2025Review
- Psychedelic Augmentation of 12-Step Engagement: A Novel, Accessible Approach to Enhance Community-Based Recovery from Substance Use Disorders.Journal of psychoactive drugs · 2025Article
- Are "Alternative to Discipline" Programs for Nurses With Alcohol and Other Drug Challenges Relevant to Global Contexts? A Scoping Review.International journal of mental health nursing · 2025Article
- PROTOCOL: Mutual Help Organizations to Support Recovery Among Individuals Who Use Drugs: A Systematic Review Protocol.Campbell systematic reviews · 2025Article
- "There's always somebody that you can identify with": a qualitative study of patient perspectives on buprenorphine group medical visits.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Article
- The linkage between opioid treatment programs and recovery community centers: results of a survey of OTP directors.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Narrative review: Managing buprenorphine and opioid use disorder in the perioperative setting.Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2025Review
- Buprenorphine use among non-hospital residential programs.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Article
- Linkage facilitation for opioid use disorder in criminal legal system contexts: a primer for researchers, clinicians, and legal practitioners.Health & justice · 2024Article
- Prevalence and correlates of 12-step and second-wave mutual-help attendance in a nationally representative US sample.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2024Article
- Recovery from opioid use on a neuropsychoanalytic service.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Alcohol or Drug Self-Help Use Among Adults in the United States: Age, Period, and Cohort Effects Between 2002 and 2018.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2023Article
- "Knowing or not knowing": Living as harm reductionists in Twelve Step recovery.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023Article
- Time-lagged association between counseling and/or 12-Step attendance with subsequent opioid use in a secondary analysis from a randomized, clinical trial of medications for opioid use disorder.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2022Article
- Medication for opioid use disorder treatment continuity post-release from jail: A qualitative study with community-based treatment providers.The International journal on drug policy · 2022Article
- Women-Reported Barriers and Facilitators of Continued Engagement with Medications for Opioid Use Disorder.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
This analysis examines patient experiences and outcomes with 12-step recovery group attendance during buprenorphine maintenance treatment (BMT), two approaches with traditionally divergent philosophies regarding opioid medications for treatment of opioid use disorder. Using quantitative (n = 300) and qualitative (n = 20) data collected during a randomized trial of counseling services in buprenorphine treatment, this mixed-methods analysis of African Americans in BMT finds the number of NA meetings attended in the prior 6 months was associated with a higher rate of retention in BMT (p < .001) and heroin/cocaine abstinence at 6 month follow-up (p = .005). However, patients whose counselors required them to attend 12-step meetings did not have better outcomes than patients not required to attend such meetings. Qualitative narratives highlighted patients' strategies for managing dissonant viewpoints on BMT and disclosing BMT status in community 12-step meetings. Twelve-step meeting attendance is associated with better outcomes for BMT patients over the first 6 months of treatment. However, there is no benefit to requiring meeting attendance as a condition of treatment, and clinicians should be aware of potential philosophical conflicts between 12-step and BMT approaches.
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