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Attitudinal issues in methadone maintenance programs. 1979

E M Heiman

When the addict fails to meet treatment goals, staff may split into "help" vs "shape up or be expelled" groups. To diminish this conflict, team meeting aid the staff to better understand the addict and their own intrapsychic and interpersonal attitudes, set reasonable treatment goals, and provide concrete help. General staff meetings clarify policy and increase awareness of various role stresses. Nondegree counselor subgroups help to define stresses in this unique role.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008691	Methadone	A synthetic opioid that is used as the hydrochloride. It is an opioid analgesic that is primarily a mu-opioid agonist. It has actions and uses similar to those of MORPHINE. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1082-3)	Amidone,Biodone,Dolophine,Metadol,Metasedin,Methaddict,Methadone Hydrochloride,Methadose,Methex,Phenadone,Phymet,Physeptone,Pinadone,Symoron,Hydrochloride, Methadone
D010361	Patients	Individuals participating in the health care system for the purpose of receiving therapeutic, diagnostic, or preventive procedures.	Clients,Client,Patient
D006040	Goals	The end-result or objective, which may be specified or required in advance.	Goal
D006556	Heroin Dependence	Strong dependence or addiction, both physiological and emotional, upon HEROIN.	Heroin Abuse,Heroin Addiction,Heroin Smoking,Abuse, Heroin,Addiction, Heroin,Dependence, Heroin,Heroin Smokings,Smoking, Heroin
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001290	Attitude	An enduring, learned predisposition to behave in a consistent way toward a given class of objects, or a persistent mental and/or neural state of readiness to react to a certain class of objects, not as they are but as they are conceived to be.	Sentiment,Attitudes,Opinions,Opinion,Sentiments
D001291	Attitude of Health Personnel	Attitudes of personnel toward their patients, other professionals, toward the medical care system, etc.	Staff Attitude,Attitude, Staff,Attitudes, Staff,Health Personnel Attitude,Health Personnel Attitudes,Staff Attitudes