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Integrating MAT, AbstinenceBased
Approaches to Recovery
Drives Patient Engagement
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and 12-step recovery
support would seem, in theory, to have opposing approaches
to recovery from opioid use disorder (OUD). But as
Robert DuPont, MD, president, Institute for Behavior and
Health, Georgetown University School of Medicine, and
Cara Poland, MD, MEd, assistant professor of addiction
medicine, Michigan State University, explained at the Rx
and Illicit Drug Summit, the two treatment modalities not
only can coexist, but together can provide patients with a
more positive experience in recovery.
Ahead of their session at the Rx
Summit, Drs. DuPont and Poland spoke
with Addiction Professional about the keys
for getting buy-in on the hybrid approach
from providers of each, as well as the
benefits of adding medications for opioid
use disorder (MOUD) to abstinence-based
programs, and the process for successfully
integrating the two approaches.
> Editor's note: This interview has been
edited for length and clarity.
What have been your keys to getting
buy-in on this hybrid approach from
MAT-based and abstinence-based
treatment providers who previously
were wary of each other's approaches
to addiction treatment?
dupont: The positive experiences of
those who have put the two approaches
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together! They have found that their
patients benefit, and their staff overcome
any initial objections. Best of all,
their original approach-before the
integration of the other-works better
and is not threatened by the additions.
poland: Integrating the two allows
patients to have more choice in their
treatment, which engages them better
and creates a stronger therapeutic alliance
between clinician and patient. The more
support people have, the higher their
chances of successful treatment.
What are the biggest benefits to adding
MOUD to abstinence-based treatment
programs?
dupont: Offering a wider range of
options and having better retention. We
are not talking about everyone in MOUD
going to AA and NA meetings or everyone
in 12-step-oriented treatment programs
getting on MOUD. We are promoting
offering the alternative approach as a
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