A review of psychological and pharmacological treatment options for methamphetamine dependence

Methamphetamine (MA) is a public health problem both in Australia and internationally and very little is known about the most cost-effective treatment options. This study is a review of recent studies and an assessment of current treatment options for MA dependence. Treatment options for MA dependen...

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Main Authors: Ciketic, S., Hayatbakhsh, M., Doran, C., Najman, J., McKetin, Rebecca
Format: Journal Article
Published: Informa Healthcare 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56840
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author Ciketic, S.
Hayatbakhsh, M.
Doran, C.
Najman, J.
McKetin, Rebecca
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description Methamphetamine (MA) is a public health problem both in Australia and internationally and very little is known about the most cost-effective treatment options. This study is a review of recent studies and an assessment of current treatment options for MA dependence. Treatment options for MA dependence can be divided into outpatient and inpatient modality settings according to the level of drug use. Moderate improvements through higher rates of retention in treatment (especially residential rehabilitation) have been found in individuals who completed either cognitive-behavioural therapy or counselling as a form of outpatient treatment and in those users who completed a residential rehabilitation treatment programme at an inpatient treatment modality. There remains a need for further research to investigate the efficacy of existing treatment options in individuals with MA use problems and to address the economic impact of those interventions in terms of cost-effectiveness/cost utility.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-568402018-01-05T08:10:50Z A review of psychological and pharmacological treatment options for methamphetamine dependence Ciketic, S. Hayatbakhsh, M. Doran, C. Najman, J. McKetin, Rebecca Methamphetamine (MA) is a public health problem both in Australia and internationally and very little is known about the most cost-effective treatment options. This study is a review of recent studies and an assessment of current treatment options for MA dependence. Treatment options for MA dependence can be divided into outpatient and inpatient modality settings according to the level of drug use. Moderate improvements through higher rates of retention in treatment (especially residential rehabilitation) have been found in individuals who completed either cognitive-behavioural therapy or counselling as a form of outpatient treatment and in those users who completed a residential rehabilitation treatment programme at an inpatient treatment modality. There remains a need for further research to investigate the efficacy of existing treatment options in individuals with MA use problems and to address the economic impact of those interventions in terms of cost-effectiveness/cost utility. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56840 10.3109/14659891.2011.592900 Informa Healthcare restricted
spellingShingle Ciketic, S.
Hayatbakhsh, M.
Doran, C.
Najman, J.
McKetin, Rebecca
A review of psychological and pharmacological treatment options for methamphetamine dependence
title A review of psychological and pharmacological treatment options for methamphetamine dependence
title_full A review of psychological and pharmacological treatment options for methamphetamine dependence
title_fullStr A review of psychological and pharmacological treatment options for methamphetamine dependence
title_full_unstemmed A review of psychological and pharmacological treatment options for methamphetamine dependence
title_short A review of psychological and pharmacological treatment options for methamphetamine dependence
title_sort review of psychological and pharmacological treatment options for methamphetamine dependence
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56840