The Accessibility of Opioid Agonist Treatment and Its Forced Discontinuation in Swiss Prisons—Attitudes, Perceptions and Experiences of Defense Lawyers in Dealing With Detained Persons Using Opioids

The Accessibility of Opioid Agonist Treatment and Its Forced Discontinuation in Swiss Prisons—Attitudes, Perceptions and Experiences of Defense Lawyers in Dealing With Detained Persons Using Opioids

BackgroundOpioid agonist treatment (OAT) is an important pillar in the treatment of individuals using opioids and its continuation during imprisonment is recommended. Despite this knowledge access to and continuation of OAT is still limited in many countries. The forced discontinuation during pre-tr...

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Main Authors: Anna Buadze, Stephanie Baggio, Roman Schleifer, Eveline Aeberhard, Hans Wolff, Andres Schneeberger, Michael Liebrenz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
opioid agonist maintenance treatment
prison
qualitative research
defense attorneys
forced withdrawal
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00395/full

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