ArticleJournal of addiction medicine
An Exploration of Young Adults With Opioid Use Disorder and How Their Perceptions of Family Members' Beliefs Affects Medication Treatment.
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- Prevention and Management of Opioid use Disorder and Overdose in Adolescents and Young Adults.Current psychiatry reports · 2025Review
- Building social support into mental health and substance use treatment trajectories: Insights from a longitudinal qualitative and ethnographic study with young people experiencing unstable housing and homelessness.Child & youth services · 2025Article
- Public perceptions of opioid misuse recovery and related resources in a nationally representative sample of United States adults.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Observational
- Lessons learned from concerned significant others: a qualitative analysis on involvement in services for young adult opioid use disorder.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Linking antibiotic resistance genes in the vaginal microbiota to health-related behaviors and antibiotic awareness in reproductive-age women: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- "I need as much support as I can get": A qualitative study of young adult perspectives on family involvement in treatment for opioid use disorder.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Article
- Engagement, initiation, and retention in medication treatment for opioid use disorder among young adults: A narrative review of challenges and opportunities.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Review
- Impact of Perceived Access and Treatment Knowledge on Medication Preferences for Opioid Use Disorder.Substance use & addiction journal · 2024Article
- Exploring the Influence of Family Attitudes and Individual Psychological Factors on Antibiotic Utilization: A Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Medications for Opioid Use Disorder for Youth: Patient, Caregiver, and Clinician Perspectives.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundYoung adults with opioid use disorder (OUD) have low engagement and retention in medication treatment. Families are uniquely situated to play an important role in treatment decisions. This qualitative study explored how young adults with OUD perceive their families' beliefs about OUD and medication treatment, and how those beliefs impacted young adults' beliefs about their own treatment decisions.
methodsWe conducted a qualitative study of a convenience sample of 20 English-speaking young adults with OUD receiving care from an urban safety net hospital in Massachusetts. We explored young adults' perceptions of how families viewed medication treatment. We conducted semi-structured interviews that were recorded and transcribed. We analyzed interviews using hybrid inductive and deductive categorization to support thematic analysis.
resultsWe identified 3 themes. First, family history of substance use disorder and treatment negatively impacted how young adults perceive their OUD and medication treatment. Second, young adults shared that many families held negative or stigmatizing views of medication treatment. Finally, acceptance by family was important but young adults acknowledged that keeping treatment decisions from family was sometimes necessary.
conclusionsIn this qualitative exploration of young adults with OUD, we found that young adults felt that their families held important beliefs about the kind of treatment family members found most appropriate, and these perceived family beliefs impacted their treatment choices. Future research to improve engagement and retention of youth adults with OUD could target the beliefs of family members.
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