Methadone Maintenance in the Management of Opioid Dependence: An International Review

by Awni Arif, Joseph Westermeyer

Overview

This volume, is developed from a collaborative study sponsored by the World Health Organization over a period of five years, the result of the combined effort of over 30 experts working in 19 different countries. The book presents a comprehensive survey of the development, policy, and procedures of methadone maintenance in countries with experience in this treatment. In addition to presenting a general overview of methadone's role in treating opioid addiction, the volume also focuses on specific questions of current interest, particularly the critical issue of methadone maintenance in the prevention of AIDS. Public health specialists and policymakers will find this book an invaluable source of information about what can be expected from methadone maintenance programs and why such programs have achieved some success in the rehabilitation of opiate users, while so many other attempts in this area have failed.

Following an introductory chapter, the contributors look at the impact of AIDS epidemiology on methadone policy. The role of methadone in addressing intravenous drug abuse and unsafe sex practices in drug dependent persons is explored in an attempt to assess the ability of methadone maintenance programs to stem the spread of AIDS. Subsequent chapters review the world literature on methadone in treating opioid dependency, explore national policies and practices regarding methadone maintenance, present an international survey of methadone's role, and analyze the present state of research on methadone. A bibliography and index complete the volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275933920
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/26/1990
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

AWNI ARIF, M.D., Ph.D., is former Head of the Division of Mental Health for the World Health Organization in Geneva. Trained in medicine in Syria, he later pursued internal medicine, trained in New York, and took a doctorate in public health from Columbia.

JOSEPH WESTERMEYER, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor and Head of Psychiatry at Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center. Between 1977 and 1990, he participated as a consultant in several WHO studies on the epidemiology assessment and treatment of drug dependence.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction by Joseph Westermeyer and Awni Arif
Impact of AIDS Epidemiology on Methadone Policy by Ambrose Uchtenhagen
Methadone in the Treatment of Opioid Dependence: A Review of the World Literature by Edward C. Senay and Ambrose Uchtenhagen
Policy and Practice of Methadone Maintenance: An Analysis of Worldwide Experience by Ambrose Uchtenhagen
International Overview and Analysis of Methadone Role WHO Participants at the Minneapolis Meetings
Analysis of Research on Methadone by A.H. Tuma
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Developed from a collaborative study sponsored by the World Health Organization, this book presents a comprehensive survey of the development, policy, and procedures of methadone maintenance in countries with experience in this treatment. Includes discussion of specific questions of current interest, particularly the issue of methadone maintenance in the prevention of AIDS. For public health specialists and policymakers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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