Challenges in providing drug user treatment services in Russia: Providers' views

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 43, Issue 12-13, 2008, Pages 1770-1784

  Bobrova, Natalia ^a   Rughnikov, Urij ^b   Neifeld, Elena ^c   Rhodes, Tim ^d   Alcorn, Ron ^e   Kirichenko, Sergej ^f   Power, Robert ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Yekaterinburg Regional Psychiatric Hospital   (Russian Federation)

^c Altaj Kraj Narcological Dispensary   (Russian Federation)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e Mental Health NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^f Volgograd Regional Narcological Dispensary   (Russian Federation)

^g MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Compulsory treatment; Drug user treatment services; Russia; Service providers; Structural barriers; Structural factors; Treatment coercion

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; METHADONE; NALTREXONE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 57349187896     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080802289291     Document Type: Article

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