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Papers: 21 Oct 2023 - 27 Oct 2023


2023 Oct 24


BMC Psychiatry


37875835


23


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Stigma towards opioid use disorder in primary care remain a barrier to integrating software-based measurement based care.

Authors

Dela Cruz AM, Karns-Wright T, Kahalnik F, Walker R, Lanham HJ, Potter JS, Trivedi MH

Abstract

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a deadly illness that remains undertreated, despite effective pharmacological treatments. Barriers, such as stigma, treatment affordability, and a lack of training and prescribing within medical practices result in low access to treatment. Software-delivered measurement-based care (MBC) is one way to increase treatment access. MBC uses systematic patient symptom assessments to inform an algorithm to support clinicians at critical decision points.