Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2020) Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) and Covid-19 resources.
External website: https://www.samhsa.gov/medication-assisted-treatme...
Medicated-Assisted Treatment (MAT) is the use of US FDA-approved medications, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a "whole-patient" approach to the treatment of substance use disorders.
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G Health and disease > Disorder by cause > Communicable / infectious disease > Viral disease / infection > Coronavirus (COVID-19)
HJ Treatment method > Substance disorder treatment method > Substance replacement method (substitution)
HJ Treatment method > Substance disorder treatment method > Substance replacement method (substitution) > Opioid agonist treatment (methadone maintenance / buprenorphine)
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and rehabilitation > Health related prevention > Health information and education > Communicable / infectious disease control
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and rehabilitation > Patient / client care management
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and rehabilitation > Treatment and maintenance > Treatment factors
VA Geographic area > United States
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