Why Integrating Medications and Psychosocial Interventions is Important to Successfully Address the Opioid Crisis in Canada

Can J Psychiatry. 2022 Mar;67(3):176-178. doi: 10.1177/07067437211037625. Epub 2021 Aug 23.

Authors

Tony P George^{1

2}, Lauren Welsh^{1

3}, Susan L Franchuk^{1

2}, Franco J Vaccarino⁴

Affiliations

¹ Addictions Division, 7978Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario.
² Departments of Psychiatry, Family and Community Medicine, 7938University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
³ Family and Community Medicine, 7938University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
⁴ Department of Psychology, 3653University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
Canada / epidemiology
Humans
Opioid Epidemic*
Opioid-Related Disorders* / drug therapy
Opioid-Related Disorders* / therapy
Psychosocial Intervention

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid

Grants and funding

R21 DA043949/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States