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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 131, No. 2

Articles | February 01, 1974

Staff Attitudes and Conflict Regarding the Use of Methadone in the Treatment of Heroin Addiction

BARRY S. BROWN; DONALD R. JANSEN; URBANE F. BASS, III

Am J Psychiatry 1974;131:215-219.

Chief, Bureau of Research and Development, Narcotics Treatment Administration, District of Columbia Department of Human Resources, 613 G St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001

Research Associate, Bureau of Research and Development, Narcotics Treatment Administration, District of Columbia Department of Human Resources, 613 G St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001

1974, The American Psychiatric Association

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Realizing that attitudes toward drug use held by staff members of methadone maintenance clinics have a strong influence on the treatment given, the authors sampled the opinions of ex-addict counselors maintained with methadone, ex-addict counselors who were abstinent, nonaddict counselors, and administrative and supervisory staff. The staff uniformly viewed methadone maintenance as preferable to the use of heroin but as significantly less desirable than the person's functioning without drugs. The implications of these attitudes for treatment are discussed.

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