Improving Access to Substance Use Treatment for Women: The Integrated Relapse Prevention Program
Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
31 March 2023
Abstract
Canadian women with alcohol use disorder have limited access to anti-craving medication, despite its effectiveness in reducing alcohol use. This article describes the results of a pilot program developed to improve access to integrated medical assessment and management of anti-craving medication and traumainformed relapse prevention counselling in a community setting.
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Les femmes canadiennes avec un trouble d’addiction à l’alcool ont un accès limité à la médication anticompulsion, en dépit de son efficacité quant à la réduction de la consommation d’alcool. Cet article se penche sur les résultats d’un programme pilote mis en place dans un cadre communautaire pour améliorer l’accès à l’évaluation médicale intégrée, à la gestion de la médication anticompulsion et au conseil en matière de prévention de la rechute en lien avec les traumatismes.
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Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 42 • Number 1 • May 2023
Pages: 119 - 123
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Rosanra Yoon, April Furlong, Julia Bloomenfeld, Karina Biasia, Sarah Innis, and Michelle Coombs. 2023. Improving Access to Substance Use Treatment for Women: The Integrated Relapse Prevention Program. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health.
42(1): 119-123. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2023-001
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