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10.4172/2329-6488.1000149
Title: | The Perception of Various Physician Specialists on Addiction Treatment Methods in Latvia |
Authors: | Sudraba, Velga Rīga Stradiņš University |
Keywords: | addiction;substance use disorder;treatment;doctor;Latvia;3.1 Basic medicine;5.1 Psychology;1.4. Reviewed scientific article published in Latvia or abroad in a scientific journal with an editorial board (including university editions) |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
Citation: | Sudraba , V 2014 , ' The Perception of Various Physician Specialists on Addiction Treatment Methods in Latvia ' , Journal of Alcoholism & Drug Dependence , vol. 2 , no. 2 , 1000149 . https://doi.org/10.4172/2329-6488.1000149 |
Abstract: | Abstract Introduction: Many different addiction treatment methods are available in Latvia such as: Evidence-based Psychosocial Interventions (common elsewhere in the world), Opioid Substitution Therapy, and methods popular in the Soviet times (which are not evidence-based). These latter Soviet methods demonstrate the doctor’s denial of addiction as an illness and promote “magical thinking” in patients. Aim: of this study was to research the knowledge of various physician specialists on available addiction treatment methods in Latvia and how these methods have been promoted and practiced. Material and methods: A survey developed by the author was used in this study. There were 586 various physician specialists surveyed; their mean age was 46.8 ± 10.8 years. Female were 78% of the respondents. Results: The methods that the doctors were most informed about were Detoxification (96.8%), the Suggestion method without medication intake (86.3%) and the Minnesota program (83.6%). Most often, the doctors suggested the Minnesota program (60.4%) and Detoxification (60.2%) to their patients. A third of the respondents (30.7%) practiced detoxification. Conclusion: The physicians questioned were best informed on acute addiction treatment. Nevertheless, when referring to the bio-psycho-social addiction model, the doctor’s knowledge on evidence-based treatment methods for addiction still needed improvement. |
DOI: | 10.4172/2329-6488.1000149 |
ISSN: | 2329-6488 |
Appears in Collections: | Research outputs from Pure / Zinātniskās darbības rezultāti no ZDIS Pure |
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