Klimas, Jan (2018) General practitioners tackle complex addictions: how complex interventions can assist in dealing with addiction. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 35, (4), pp. 329-331. 10.1017/ipm.2016.30..
Objectives: Substance use disorder treatment is a complex problem. Complex problems require complex interventions, ideally tested via randomised controlled trials.
Methods: Complex interventions are best developed in stages, using established implementation frameworks.
Results and Conclusions: Starting with a historical patient case study, we explore how treatment of this challenging population group has been approached, how an evidence-based framework has informed formulation of a complex health intervention and how this has been progressed via the UK’s Medical Research Council (MRC) approach.
A Substance use and dependence > Personal history of substance use (pathway)
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Health care programme, service or facility > Community-based treatment (primary care)
T Demographic characteristics > Doctor / physician
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
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